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+cdist-type__install_directory(7)
+================================
+
+NAME
+----
+cdist-type__install_directory - Manage a directory with install command
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This cdist type allows you to create or remove directories on the target.
+
+
+REQUIRED PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+None.
+
+
+OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+state
+   'present' or 'absent', defaults to 'present'
+
+group
+   Group to chgrp to.
+
+mode
+   Unix permissions, suitable for chmod.
+
+owner
+   User to chown to.
+
+
+BOOLEAN PARAMETERS
+------------------
+parents
+   Whether to create parents as well (mkdir -p behaviour).
+   Warning: all intermediate directory permissions default
+   to whatever mkdir -p does. 
+
+   Usually this means root:root, 0700.
+
+recursive
+   If supplied the chgrp and chown call will run recursively.
+   This does *not* influence the behaviour of chmod.
+
+MESSAGES
+--------
+chgrp <group>
+    Changed group membership
+chown <owner>
+    Changed owner
+chmod <mode>
+    Changed mode
+create
+    Empty directory was created
+remove
+    Directory exists, but state is absent, directory will be removed by generated code.
+remove non directory
+    Something other than a directory with the same name exists and was removed prior to create.
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    # A silly example
+    __install_directory /tmp/foobar
+
+    # Remove a directory
+    __install_directory /tmp/foobar --state absent
+
+    # Ensure /etc exists correctly
+    __install_directory /etc --owner root --group root --mode 0755
+
+    # Create nfs service directory, including parents
+    __install_directory /home/services/nfs --parents
+
+    # Change permissions recursively
+    __install_directory /home/services --recursive --owner root --group root
+
+    # Setup a temp directory
+    __install_directory /local --mode 1777
+
+    # Take it all
+    __install_directory /home/services/kvm --recursive --parents \
+        --owner root --group root --mode 0755 --state present
+
+
+AUTHORS
+-------
+Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>
+
+
+COPYING
+-------
+Copyright \(C) 2011 Nico Schottelius. 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.
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__install_file/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__install_file/man.rst
index c5409167..977ed77c 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__install_file/man.rst
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__install_file/man.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ symlink
 directory
   replace it with the source file
 
+One exception is that when state is pre-exists, an error is raised if
+the file would have been created otherwise (e.g. it is not present or
+not a regular file).
+
 In any case, make sure that the file attributes are as specified.
 
 
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ None.
 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
 -------------------
 state
-   'present', 'absent' or 'exists', defaults to 'present' where:
+   'present', 'absent', 'exists' or 'pre-exists', defaults to 'present' where:
 
    present
       the file is exactly the one from source
@@ -41,6 +45,9 @@ state
       the file does not exist
    exists
       the file from source but only if it doesn't already exist
+   pre-exists
+      check that the file exists and is a regular file, but do not
+      create or modify it
 
 group
    Group to chgrp to.
@@ -56,6 +63,9 @@ source
    If not supplied, an empty file or directory will be created.
    If source is '-' (dash), take what was written to stdin as the file content.
 
+onchange
+   The code to run if file is modified.
+
 MESSAGES
 --------
 chgrp <group>
@@ -93,6 +103,8 @@ EXAMPLES
     __install_file /home/frodo/.bashrc --source "/etc/skel/.bashrc" \
        --state exists \
        --owner frodo --mode 0600
+    # Check that the file is present, show an error when it is not
+    __install_file /etc/somefile --state pre-exists
     # Take file content from stdin
     __install_file /tmp/whatever --owner root --group root --mode 644 --source - << DONE
         Here goes the content for /tmp/whatever
diff --git a/docs/changelog b/docs/changelog
index 8bdee928..ed993609 100644
--- a/docs/changelog
+++ b/docs/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Changelog
 
 next:
 	* Type __package_update_index: Fix Alpine part (Dominique Roux)
+	* Documentation: Fix man pages for install types (Darko Poljak)
 
 6.2.0: 2019-11-30
 	* Core: Redefine/reimplement/fix CDIST_ORDER_DEPENDENCY (Darko Poljak)