Merge branch 'master' into exit_code_and_sigint_cleanup

doc/changelog

@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ Changelog
 2.0.9:
 	* Cleanup documentation: Fix environment variable list to be properly 
 		displayed (Giel van Schijndel)
+	* Cleanup documentation: Some minor corrections
 	* New Type: __package_opkg (Giel van Schijndel)
 	* New Type: __package_pkg_freebsd (Jake Guffey)
 	* Feature __package: Support for OpenWRT (Giel van Schijndel)
 	* Feature __start_on_boot: Support for OpenWRT (Giel van Schijndel)
 	* Feature __start_on_boot: Support for Amazon Linux (Matt Coddington)
+	* New Example: Use rsync to backup files (Matt Coddington) 
 
 2.0.8: 2012-02-20
 	* Bugfix core: Remove another nasty traceback when sending SIGINT (aka Ctrl-C)

doc/man/man7/cdist-hacker.text

@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ work nor kill the authors brain:
   seperate branches. This way one feature can already be included, even if
   the other needs to be improved.
 
-As soon as your work meets these requirements, you can contact me
-(IRC, Mailinglist, Phone, RFC 1149) and I'll check your code before
-including it.
+As soon as your work meets these requirements, write a mail
+for inclusion to the mailinglist **cdist at cdist -- at -- l.schottelius.org**
+or open a pull request at http://github.com/telmich/cdist.
 
 
 HOW TO SUBMIT A NEW TYPE
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ code and thus such a type introduces redundant functionality that is given by
 core cdist already.
 
 
+
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 - cdist(7)

doc/man/man7/cdist-type.text

@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ Always ensure the manifest is executable, otherwise cdist will not be able
 to execute it. For more information about manifests see cdist-manifest(7).
 
 
-SINGLETON - ONLY INSTANCE ONLY
-------------------------------
+SINGLETON - ONE INSTANCE ONLY
+-----------------------------
 If you want to ensure that a type can only be used once per target, you can
 mark it as a singleton: Just create the (empty) file "singleton" in your type
 directory:
@@ -186,10 +186,8 @@ WRITING THE GENCODE SCRIPT
 There are two gencode scripts: ***gencode-local*** and ***gencode-remote***.
 The output of gencode-local is executed locally, whereas
 the output of gencode-remote is executed on the target.
-
 The gencode scripts can make use of the parameters, the global explorers
-and the type specific explorers. The output (stdout) of these script is
-saved by cdist and will be executed on the target.
+and the type specific explorers.
 
 If the gencode scripts encounter an error, it should print diagnostic
 messages to stderr and exit non-zero. If you need to debug the gencode
@@ -224,17 +222,13 @@ never ever touch this folder).
 HOW TO INCLUDE A TYPE INTO UPSTREAM CDIST
 -----------------------------------------
 If you think your type may be useful for others, ensure it works with the
-current master branch of cdist and submit the git url containing the type for
-inclusion to the mailinglist **cdist at cdist -- at -- l.schottelius.org**
-or open a pull request at http://github.com/telmich/cdist.
-
-Ensure a corresponding manpage named man.text in asciidoc format with
-the manpage-name "cdist-type__NAME" is included in the type directory.
-
+current master branch of cdist and have a look at cdist-hacker(7) on
+how to submit it.
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 - cdist-explorer(7)
+- cdist-hacker(7)
 - cdist-stages(7)
 - cdist-tutorial(7)
 

other/examples/remote/rsync/copy

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2012 Matt Coddington (mcoddington at gmail.com)
+#
+# 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/>.
+#
+#
+# Use rsync over ssh to copy files.  This particular invocation of
+# rsync makes a backup of the file before overwriting it.  For example,
+# if cdist overwrites /etc/passwd then you'll end up with the old copy
+# at /etc/passwd~cdist.
+#
+# Usage:
+#  __remote_copy="/path/to/this/script" cdist config target_host
+#
+
+rsync --backup --suffix=~cdist -e 'ssh -o User=root' $@