cdist-type__link - Manage links (hard and symbolic)

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

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

This cdist type allows you to manage hard and symbolic links. The given object id is the destination for the link.

# Create hard link of /etc/shadow __link /root/shadow --source /etc/shadow --type hard # Relative symbolic link __link /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/www.test.ch \ --source ../sites-available/www.test.ch \ --type symbolic # Absolute symbolic link __link /opt/plone --source /home/services/plone --type symbolic # Remove link __link /opt/plone --state absent

created<destination> Link to destination was created. removed<destination> Link to destination was removed. removed<destination>(directory) Destination was removed because state is present and destination was directory. removed<destination>(wrongsource) Destination was removed because state is present and destination link source was wrong.

cdist-type__link - Manage links (hard and symbolic)

state 'present' or 'absent', defaults to 'present'

source Specifies the link source. type Specifies the link type: Either hard or symbolic.