Re: "tidy" not deleting files from the future

[Brendan Strejcek]

Paul Krizak wrote:

> Is there some way to tell cfengine, "Irregardless of anything about
> the file except for its existence, please delete this file"? I don't
> see anything like a "force" in the documentation.

I know this is probably not what you are looking for, but I like it
because it is concentually simpler.

    classes:
        foo_exists = ( FileExists(/path/to/foo) )
    
    shellcommands:
        foo_exists::
            "/bin/rm -f /path/to/foo"

Best,
Brendan

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