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RE: Copy+editfiles
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Mark Burgess |
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RE: Copy+editfiles |
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Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:00:45 +0200 |
The destination file can be altered as many times as you like. The
copying only occurs if the *source* is altered last.
M
On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 08:56 -0700, Martin, Jason H wrote:
> Won't editfiles change the mtime of the destination, this causing CFE to
> recopy the source over again? Or, does CFE not recopy if the destination
> is 'newer' then the source?
>
> Thanks,
> -Jason Martin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Burgess [mailto:mark@iu.hio.no]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:25 AM
> To: Martin, Jason H
> Cc: Mark Burgess; help-cfengine@gnu.org
> Subject: RE: Copy+editfiles
>
>
>
> The file will not be recopied on every run if you use copy by mtime,
> only when the source file is modified. So it will only be momentarily
> wrong on the first run.
>
> M
>
> On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 08:20 -0700, Martin, Jason H wrote:
> > The only problems I see with that is that myfile's contents will
> > temporarily be 'wrong' every run (the space between the copy and
> > edit), and it would be difficult to key an action off of the change of
>
> > myfile (ie, restart the application) as it is changing every 30
> > minutes. However, it is simpler then a huge editfiles stanza.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > -Jason Martin
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: help-cfengine-bounces+jason.h.martin=cingular.com@gnu.org
> > [mailto:help-cfengine-bounces+jason.h.martin=cingular.com@gnu.org] On
> > Behalf Of Mark Burgess
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 7:54 AM
> > To: Jason Martin
> > Cc: help-cfengine@gnu.org
> > Subject: Re: Copy+editfiles
> >
> >
> >
> > Of course. Make a masterfile template and copy the file
> > based on date. Use something like XXX for the hostname,
> >
> > copy:
> >
> > mysourcefile dest=myfile define=copied
> >
> > editfiles:
> >
> > copied::
> >
> > { myfile
> > ReplaceAll "XXX" With "$(host)"
> > }
> >
> > M
> >
> > On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 07:31 -0700, Jason Martin wrote:
> > > I've got a 500 line file that should be the same on all my hosts,
> > > save
> >
> > > that one of the lines need to be customized to the hostname. Does
> > > anyone have any tips on how to do this? I'd rather not enter a
> > > 500-line editfiles stanza if possible. Is there any way to do a
> > > copy+editfiles action?
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > -Jason Martin _______________________________________________
> > > Help-cfengine mailing list
> > > Help-cfengine@gnu.org
> > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
> >
> >
> >
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- Copy+editfiles, Jason Martin, 2005/08/24
- RE: Copy+editfiles, Martin, Jason H, 2005/08/24
- RE: Copy+editfiles, Martin, Jason H, 2005/08/24
- RE: Copy+editfiles,
Mark Burgess <=
- RE: Copy+editfiles, Martin, Jason H, 2005/08/24
- RE: Copy+editfiles, Martin, Jason H, 2005/08/24
- RE: Copy+editfiles, Martin, Jason H, 2005/08/24