Re: How to use iteration over list variable in copy action ? ( text mode)

[Paul Krizak]

If you leave the dest= directive as a path with no filename, i.e. 
dest=/tmp/, does that work?  I don't have any examples of doing a copy 
like that in my cf.* files, but I can't imagine any other way they would 
have implemented iteration.

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Yves Blusseau wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> I want to use a list to copy some files.
>
> The tutorial manual said that the list can be use only in the "from" field 
> of a copy action:
> It is convenient to be able to use such variables to force cfagent to 
> iterative over a list. This gives us a compact way of writing repeated 
> operations and it allows a simple method of communication with the shell 
> environment. For security reasons, iteration is supported only in the 
> following contexts:
>  * in the `from' field of a copy action
>
> I write this little script:
> ...
> control:
>     listOfFiles = ( foo:bar:baz )
> ...
> copy:
>     any::
>         $(my_cfconfigs)/files/$(listOfFiles)   dest=/tmp/$(listOfFiles) 
> server=$(policyhost)
> ...
>
>
> But the above fails, since it try to copy every files (foo, then bar, then 
> baz) to /tmp/foo:bar:baz (the list in dest isn't split).
> So how to write a copy action with a list of source files ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Yves
>
>
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