Re: Copy/Purge include problem...

[Adam M. Dunn]

Yep, I posted that I already tried that.  And I just tested it again.  It
still deletes everything that's not in the source of the copy.


Also:
I'm not 100% sure, but I seem to recall that I tried this functionality
back when I first started using Cfengine, several versions ago and I think
it worked then.  I'm starting to wonder if maybe a patch on a recent
version messed something up...


thanks,
Adam


On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 rader@ginseng.hep.wisc.edu wrote:

> 
> I should clarify my previous post...
> 
>  > From: Mark Burgess
>  > Could someone else please test this? I do not have a spare moment right
>  > now.
>  
>  > > From: Adam M. Dunn 
>  > >   I'm still in a bind on this one.  Any light to shed on what I may be
>  > > doing wrong? (if anything)  Or is the cfengine documentation wrong or not
>  > > up to date?  
>  > > 
>  > > This is what it says, "If the purge option is used in copying, then the
>  > > include option has the effect of the excluding files from the purge, i.e.
>  > > include means `keep' the named files."
>  > > 
>  > > If is actually wrong, is there a way to ignore certain directories or
>  > > files from the purge using filters?  No matter what I do, it just keeps
>  > > deleting everything regardless of my include line, files or directories.
> 
> I think the [above] documentation is wrong... it implies that
> purge=true include=*.conf should not purge FUBAR.conf... and yet
> here is output where such a config does purge FUBAR.conf...
> 
>   noc(root): cd /var/cfengine/inputs
>   noc(root): cat update.conf
>   [...]
>   copy:
>     $(master_dir)/inputs dest=$(workdir)/inputs
>         server=$(policyhost) recur=inf mode=640 owner=0 group=0 
>         type=checksum backup=false purge=true
>         include=*.conf include=*.cf include=*.hosts
>         ignore=Makefile ignore=RCS ignore=Tests
>   [...]
>   noc(root): touch FUBAR.conf
>   noc(root): cfagent -Iq
>   cfengine:: Purging /var/cfengine/inputs/FUBAR.conf in copy dest directory
> 
> I think what Adam needs is ignore=some_pattern... I find that
> it causes files matching some_pattern to not be purged... 
> 
>   noc(root): cd /var/cfengine/inputs
>   noc(root): cat update.conf
>   [...]
>   copy:
>     $(master_dir)/inputs dest=$(workdir)/inputs
>         server=$(policyhost) recur=inf mode=640 owner=0 group=0 
>         type=checksum backup=false purge=true
>         include=*.conf include=*.cf include=*.hosts
>         ignore=Makefile ignore=RCS ignore=Tests
>   [...]
>   noc(root): touch Tests
>   noc(root): cfagent -Iq 
>   noc(root): 
> 
> The second paragraph describing include should be removed and a
> paragraph for ignore should be added...
> 
>  If the purge option is used in copying, then the ignore option has
>  the effect of the excluding files from the purge, i.e. ignore means
>  `keep' (don't purge) the named files.
> 
> ?
> 
> steve 
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> systems & network manager
> high energy physics
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> 
> 
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