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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>cdist-type__file(7)</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook-xsl.css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1" /></head><body><div xml:lang="en" class="article" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="idm140515377592064"></a>cdist-type__file(7)</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Nico</span> <span class="surname">Schottelius</span></h3><code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org">nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org</a>&gt;</code></div></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_name">1. NAME</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_description">2. DESCRIPTION</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_required_parameters">3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_optional_parameters">4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_messages">5. MESSAGES</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_examples">6. EXAMPLES</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_see_also">7. SEE ALSO</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_copying">8. COPYING</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_name"></a>1. NAME</h2></div></div></div><p>cdist-type__file - Manage files</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_description"></a>2. DESCRIPTION</h2></div></div></div><p>This cdist type allows you to create files, remove files and set file
attributes on the target.</p><p>If the file already exists on the target, then if it is a:
- regular file, and state is:
present: replace it with the source file if they are not equal
exists: do nothing
- symlink: replace it with the source file
- directory: replace it with the source file</p><p>In any case, make sure that the file attributes are as specified.</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_required_parameters"></a>3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS</h2></div></div></div><p>None.</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_optional_parameters"></a>4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS</h2></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">
state
</span></dt><dd>
<span class="emphasis"><em>present</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>absent</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>exists</em></span>, defaults to <span class="emphasis"><em>present</em></span>
where:
present: the file is exactly the one from source
absent: the file does not exist
exists: the file from source but only if it doesnt already exist
</dd><dt><span class="term">
group
</span></dt><dd>
Group to chgrp to.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
mode
</span></dt><dd>
Unix permissions, suitable for chmod.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
owner
</span></dt><dd>
User to chown to.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
source
</span></dt><dd>
If supplied, copy this file from the host running cdist to the target.
If not supplied, an empty file or directory will be created.
If source is <span class="emphasis"><em>-</em></span> (dash), take what was written to stdin as the file content.
</dd></dl></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_messages"></a>5. MESSAGES</h2></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">
chgrp &lt;group&gt;
</span></dt><dd>
Changed group membership
</dd><dt><span class="term">
chown &lt;owner&gt;
</span></dt><dd>
Changed owner
</dd><dt><span class="term">
chmod &lt;mode&gt;
</span></dt><dd>
Changed mode
</dd><dt><span class="term">
create
</span></dt><dd>
Empty file was created (no --source specified)
</dd><dt><span class="term">
remove
</span></dt><dd>
File exists, but state is absent, file will be removed by generated code.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
upload
</span></dt><dd>
File was uploaded
</dd></dl></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_examples"></a>6. EXAMPLES</h2></div></div></div><pre class="screen"># Create /etc/cdist-configured as an empty file
__file /etc/cdist-configured
# The same thing
__file /etc/cdist-configured --state present
# Delete existing file
__file /etc/cdist-configured --state absent
# Use __file from another type
__file /etc/issue --source "$__type/files/archlinux" --state present
# Supply some more settings
__file /etc/shadow --source "$__type/files/shadow" \
--owner root --group shadow --mode 0640 \
--state present
# Provide a default file, but let the user change it
__file /home/frodo/.bashrc --source "/etc/skel/.bashrc" \
--state exists \
--owner frodo --mode 0600
# Take file content from stdin
__file /tmp/whatever --owner root --group root --mode 644 --source - &lt;&lt; DONE
Here goes the content for /tmp/whatever
DONE</pre></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_see_also"></a>7. SEE ALSO</h2></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
<a href="../man7/cdist-type.html">cdist-type(7)</a>
</li></ul></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_copying"></a>8. COPYING</h2></div></div></div><p>Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is
granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).</p></div></div></body></html>