__file: --type symlink supported

Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico@kr.ethz.ch>

conf/manifest/init

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ case "$__target_host" in
    # Everybody has this
    localhost)
       # Usual example
-      __file test --type file --destination /tmp/cdist-testfile
+      __file test --type symlink --source /etc/cdist-configured --destination /tmp/cdist-testfile
    ;;
 
    #

conf/type/__file/gencode

@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 # example for typewrites later
 #
 
-type="$(cat "$__object/parameter/type")"
-
 # If destination was specified, do not use the id
 if [ -f "$__object/parameter/destination" ]; then
    destination="$(cat "$__object/parameter/destination")"
@@ -40,6 +38,7 @@ if ! $(echo "$destination" | grep -q ^/); then
    exit 1
 fi
 
+# Use correct md5sum binary - MacOSx is different here
 case "$os" in
    macosx)
       md5sum="md5"
@@ -50,8 +49,21 @@ case "$os" in
    ;;  
 esac
 
-# Copy source if existing
+type="$(cat "$__object/parameter/type")"
-# FIXME: directory handling not supported - add recursive flag?
+
+case "$type" in
+   directory)
+      if [ -f "$__object/parameter/source" ]; then
+         echo "Source not supported for directory currently - FIXME" >&2
+         exit 1
+      else
+         if [ no = "$(cat "$__object/explorer/exists")" ]; then
+            echo mkdir \"$destination\"
+         fi
+      fi
+   ;;
+
+   file)
       if [ -f "$__object/parameter/source" ]; then
          source="$(cat "$__object/parameter/source")"
 
@@ -59,7 +71,7 @@ if [ -f "$__object/parameter/source" ]; then
             local_md5sum="$($md5sum < "$source")"
             remote_md5sum="$(cat "$__object/explorer/md5sum")"
 
-      # Is md5sum the right approach?
+            # FIXME: Is md5sum the right approach?
             if [ "$local_md5sum" != "$remote_md5sum" ]; then
                # FIXME: This is ugly and hardcoded, replace after 1.0!
                # Probably a better aproach is to have the user configured
@@ -68,17 +80,22 @@ if [ -f "$__object/parameter/source" ]; then
                scp "$source" "root@${__target_host}:${destination}"
             fi
          fi
-# No source? Create empty file/dir
       else
-   # Only touch / create if it does not exist
          if [ no = "$(cat "$__object/explorer/exists")" ]; then
-      case "$type" in
+            echo touch \"$destination\"
-         directory)
+         fi
-            echo mkdir \"$destination\"
+      fi
    ;;
 
-         file)
+   symlink)
-            echo touch \"$destination\"
+      if [ ! -f "$__object/parameter/source" ]; then
+         echo "Source required for symlink" >&2
+         exit 1
+      fi
+      source="$(cat "$__object/parameter/source")"
+
+      # FIXME: handle directories or document & ignore?
+      echo ln -sf \"$source\" \"$destination\"
    ;;
 
    *)
@@ -86,9 +103,8 @@ else
       exit 1
    ;;
 esac
-   fi
-fi
 
+# Mode settings
 if [ -f "$__object/parameter/mode" ]; then
    mode="$(cat "$__object/parameters/mode")"
    echo chmod \"$mode\" \"$destination\"

doc/changelog

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	* Update regexp used for sane characters
 	* Allow types without parameters
 	* Allow type to be singleton (DOCUMENTATION MISSING)
+	* Type __file learned --type symlink
 
 1.0.2: 2011-03-09
 	* Add manpages: cdist-type, cdist-type__file, cdist-reference, cdist-explorer