RE: Copy+editfiles

[Martin, Jason H]

So, If I have a timeline of:

T+0: edit the source to be A
T+1: run cfengine
T+2: Edit the source to be B
T+3: Edit the destination to be C
T+4: Run cfengine

What is the expected contents of the destination?

Thanks,
-Jason Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Burgess [mailto:mark@iu.hio.no] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:01 AM
To: Martin, Jason H
Cc: Mark Burgess; help-cfengine@gnu.org
Subject: RE: Copy+editfiles


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 _______________________________________________
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> > 
> > 
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