Re: [Cfengine] RE: cfsaved files : cfengine 2.0.4

[Mark Burgess]

Cfengine copies the new file to the same location as the old to make
sure that there is sufficient disk space for the task. Otherwise
failure is inevitable. It can later clean up and move files to a
repository..
M


> "Lumpkin, Buddy" <Buddy.Lumpkin@nordstrom.com> wrote:
> 
>> Can you put the cfsaved file under a tmp directory somewhere rather than 
>> littering the directories where the file is being copied?
>> 
>> An example is whenever I reboot a system, I see the message cron: 
>> root.cfsaved, no such user.
>> 
>> This is just an example of the kinds of unexpected effect an incomplete file 
>> xfer can cause. This one is somewhat benine but im sure there are scenarios 
>> where this isn't the right solution. What is the file is large? I wouldn't 
>> want it arbitrarily just dropped where the destination file goes. It would 
>> be nice to have an optional parameter that can be set for temp files so that 
>> people can choose the default behavior or have all stuff centralized in one 
>> place.
>> 
>> Thoughts?
>> 
>> --Buddy