cdist-backup/docs/dev/logs/2013-01-20.notifications
Nico Schottelius b06122f3a1 document notifications
Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico@brief.schottelius.org>
2013-01-20 18:21:40 +01:00

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Allow cross-type communication
Sending notifications is possible from
- manifest
- gencode-local
- gencode-remote
Sending a notification from an object means writing to the file "notifications" into
its object:
echo mytest >> "$__object/notifications" # a type reports something
Reading / Reacting on notifications works by accessing the file
referred to be "$__notifications". All notifications are prefixed with
the object name ($__object_name) and are appended into this file.
To find out, whether a file was copied, run:
grep __file/etc/passwd:copy "$__notifications"