Re: [Puppet Users] Unrecognised escape sequences
Hi, it aint our issue: we dont actually need to include escape chars into strings, our need is - for example - to escape delimitators ( , ' ) inside command lines; in fact ,we're used to compose very complex tiny scripts with subshells for the 'command' field into 'exec' resources, etc.. Please help, greets, Matteo 2011/2/9 Felix Frank felix.fr...@alumni.tu-berlin.de On 02/08/2011 04:09 PM, mt321_0987 wrote: unfortunately, we keep getting this warns into the system log by puppet masters: [...] Unrecognised escape sequence '\CHAR' in file PATH [...] but then everything works fine; also, without using escapes, catalogs dont work on agents. What can we do to avoid these kind of errors in master syslogs? Please ,let us know ASAP and tell us if this problem will prevent remote execution in future versions, thanks If you have strings that include backslashes, you should really escape those backslashes, i.e.: onlyif = grep two\ words /tmp/file, # WRONG! onlyif = grep two\\ words /tmp/file, # right In some cases, you can use single quotes instead onlyif = 'grep two\ words /tmp/file', # right too but you loose flexibility. I urge you to get your escapes right. HTH, Felix -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Puppet Users group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Puppet Users group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
Re: [Puppet Users] Unrecognised escape sequences
On 02/09/2011 12:13 PM, M C wrote: Hi, it aint our issue: we dont actually need to include escape chars into strings, our need is - for example - to escape delimitators ( , ' ) inside command lines; in fact ,we're used to compose very complex tiny scripts with subshells for the 'command' field into 'exec' resources, etc.. My comment was not targeted at escaping specific characters. Whatever you escape, if you want puppet to transfer a backslash to the client, and the string containing that backslash is double-quoted in your manifest, you should escape that backslash and avoid any ambiguity. Regards, Felix -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Puppet Users group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
Re: [Puppet Users] Unrecognised escape sequences
Hi, the problem we are facing is not the transfer of backslash escape+non-specific character; we need puppet not to log the warns into the syslog when catalogs are prepared and commands such as command = /bin/echo \\$(echo bin)\, are processed for compiling Our syslogs are full of [...] Unrecognised escape sequence '\non-specific character' [...] Please help, thanks Greets, Matteo 2011/2/9 Felix Frank felix.fr...@alumni.tu-berlin.de On 02/09/2011 12:13 PM, M C wrote: Hi, it aint our issue: we dont actually need to include escape chars into strings, our need is - for example - to escape delimitators ( , ' ) inside command lines; in fact ,we're used to compose very complex tiny scripts with subshells for the 'command' field into 'exec' resources, etc.. My comment was not targeted at escaping specific characters. Whatever you escape, if you want puppet to transfer a backslash to the client, and the string containing that backslash is double-quoted in your manifest, you should escape that backslash and avoid any ambiguity. Regards, Felix -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Puppet Users group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Puppet Users group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
Re: [Puppet Users] Unrecognised escape sequences
On 02/09/2011 01:22 PM, M C wrote: Hi, the problem we are facing is not the transfer of backslash escape+non-specific character; we need puppet not to log the warns into the syslog when catalogs are prepared and commands such as command = /bin/echo \\$(echo bin)\, are processed for compiling Our syslogs are full of [...] Unrecognised escape sequence '\non-specific character' [...] The above line is giving you this warning? Please make double-sure. There are lot of cases where this warning is justified, but the above line should *not* generate it, as all of those sequences should be recognized. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Puppet Users group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
Re: [Puppet Users] Unrecognised escape sequences
Hi, thank you verymuch. Matteo 2011/2/9 Felix Frank felix.fr...@alumni.tu-berlin.de On 02/09/2011 01:22 PM, M C wrote: Hi, the problem we are facing is not the transfer of backslash escape+non-specific character; we need puppet not to log the warns into the syslog when catalogs are prepared and commands such as command = /bin/echo \\$(echo bin)\, are processed for compiling Our syslogs are full of [...] Unrecognised escape sequence '\non-specific character' [...] The above line is giving you this warning? Please make double-sure. There are lot of cases where this warning is justified, but the above line should *not* generate it, as all of those sequences should be recognized. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Puppet Users group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Puppet Users group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
Re: [Puppet Users] Unrecognised escape sequences
On 02/08/2011 04:09 PM, mt321_0987 wrote: unfortunately, we keep getting this warns into the system log by puppet masters: [...] Unrecognised escape sequence '\CHAR' in file PATH [...] but then everything works fine; also, without using escapes, catalogs dont work on agents. What can we do to avoid these kind of errors in master syslogs? Please ,let us know ASAP and tell us if this problem will prevent remote execution in future versions, thanks If you have strings that include backslashes, you should really escape those backslashes, i.e.: onlyif = grep two\ words /tmp/file, # WRONG! onlyif = grep two\\ words /tmp/file, # right In some cases, you can use single quotes instead onlyif = 'grep two\ words /tmp/file', # right too but you loose flexibility. I urge you to get your escapes right. HTH, Felix -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Puppet Users group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
