cdist-type__install_directory - Manage a directory with install command

Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>

parents Whether to create parents as well (mkdir -p behaviour). Warning: all intermediate directory permissions default to whatever mkdir -p does. Usually this means root:root, 0700. recursive If supplied the chgrp and chown call will run recursively. This does not influence the behaviour of chmod.

Copyright (C) 2011 Nico Schottelius. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

ungleich GmbH 2021 7.0.0 Sep 11, 2024 CDIST-TYPE__INSTALL_DIRECTORY(7)

This cdist type allows you to create or remove directories on the target.

# A silly example __install_directory /tmp/foobar # Remove a directory __install_directory /tmp/foobar --state absent # Ensure /etc exists correctly __install_directory /etc --owner root --group root --mode 0755 # Create nfs service directory, including parents __install_directory /home/services/nfs --parents # Change permissions recursively __install_directory /home/services --recursive --owner root --group root # Setup a temp directory __install_directory /local --mode 1777 # Take it all __install_directory /home/services/kvm --recursive --parents \ --owner root --group root --mode 0755 --state present

chgrp<group> Changed group membership chown<owner> Changed owner chmod<mode> Changed mode create Empty directory was created remove Directory exists, but state is absent, directory will be removed by generated code. removenondirectory Something other than a directory with the same name exists and was removed prior to create.

cdist-type__install_directory - Manage a directory with install command

state 'present' or 'absent', defaults to 'present' group Group to chgrp to. mode Unix permissions, suitable for chmod. owner User to chown to.

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