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From: | John van Zantvoort |
Subject: | Re: FileExists problems |
Date: | Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:49:29 +0100 |
On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 08:58 +0100, John van Zantvoort wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to define some classes in the following way:
>
> classes:
>
> any::
>
> sys_server = ( FileExists( /etc/passwd ) )
>
> which, as expected, fails misserably. However this:
Why would you expect this? Probably you should have written
sys_server = ( FileExists("/etc/passwd") )
otherwise you are searching for " /etc/passwd "
>
>
> classes:
>
> any::
>
> sys_server = ( `/usr/bin/test -f /etc/passwd` )
>
> works without a hitch.
>
> This is the case on both a Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4
> (Nahant Update 2) running cfengine-2.1.15-1.2.el4.rf and Fedora Core
> release 3 (Heidelberg) running cfengine-2.1.16-2.fc3.
>
> I assume I'm making an obviouse mistake but before taking out the five
> black candles and live chicken I'd like to know which one.
Ave Satani
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