Re: File distribution with 'type=checksum'

[David E. Nelson]

I looked at filters and came up with the following but the links still aren't 
copying from /var/cfengine/stage to /var/cfengine/stagereview2.  I've confirmed 
that the /var/cfengine/stage directory does have both regular files and 
symlinks.

This is what I'm using:

copy:

    any::

        /var/cfengine/stage
            dest=/var/cfengine/stagereview2
            filter=stagefiles
            recurse=inf
            type=checksum
            backup=timestamp
            inform=true

        /var/cfengine/stage
            dest=/var/cfengine/stagereview2
            filter=stagelinks
            recurse=inf
            type=ctime
            backup=timestamp
            inform=true

filters:

        { stagefiles
           Type:      "reg|dir"
           Result:    "Type"
        }

        { stagelinks
           Type:      "link"
           Result:    "Type"
        }

Thanks,
         /\/elson


On Fri, 12 Nov 2004, David E. Nelson wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I wish to distribute a directory tree of files using 'type=checksum' and 
> 'inform=true'.  The problem is that w/in this tree there are symlinks which 
> causes an informational msg to be displayed:
>
> cfengine:barbrady: Checksum comparison replaced by ctime: files not regular
>
> I do not want to use 'type=ctime' because if the local copy is newer the copy 
> will not occur - I want to guarantee that the master copies are always 
> distributed.
>
> Is there a way to quell this but still retain 'type=checksum' and 
> 'inform=true'?
>
> Thanks,
>          /\/elson

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