diff --git a/conf/type/__directory/explorer/exists b/conf/type/__directory/explorer/state
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rename from conf/type/__directory/explorer/exists
rename to conf/type/__directory/explorer/state
diff --git a/conf/type/__directory/manifest b/conf/type/__directory/manifest
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index a8ee5a6f..00000000
--- a/conf/type/__directory/manifest
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-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# 2011 Steven Armstrong (steven-cdist at armstrong.cc)
-#
-# This file is part of cdist.
-#
-# cdist is free software: 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.
-#
-# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-
-# set defaults
-state="$(cat "$__object/parameter/state" 2>/dev/null \
-   || echo "present" | tee "$__object/parameter/state")"