Yep, I posted that I already tried that. And I just tested it again. It still deletes everything that's not in the source of the copy.
Also: I'm not 100% sure, but I seem to recall that I tried this functionality back when I first started using Cfengine, several versions ago and I think it worked then. I'm starting to wonder if maybe a patch on a recent version messed something up... thanks, Adam On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I should clarify my previous post... > > > From: Mark Burgess > > Could someone else please test this? I do not have a spare moment right > > now. > > > > From: Adam M. Dunn > > > I'm still in a bind on this one. Any light to shed on what I may be > > > doing wrong? (if anything) Or is the cfengine documentation wrong or not > > > up to date? > > > > > > This is what it says, "If the purge option is used in copying, then the > > > include option has the effect of the excluding files from the purge, i.e. > > > include means `keep' the named files." > > > > > > If is actually wrong, is there a way to ignore certain directories or > > > files from the purge using filters? No matter what I do, it just keeps > > > deleting everything regardless of my include line, files or directories. > > I think the [above] documentation is wrong... it implies that > purge=true include=*.conf should not purge FUBAR.conf... and yet > here is output where such a config does purge FUBAR.conf... > > noc(root): cd /var/cfengine/inputs > noc(root): cat update.conf > [...] > copy: > $(master_dir)/inputs dest=$(workdir)/inputs > server=$(policyhost) recur=inf mode=640 owner=0 group=0 > type=checksum backup=false purge=true > include=*.conf include=*.cf include=*.hosts > ignore=Makefile ignore=RCS ignore=Tests > [...] > noc(root): touch FUBAR.conf > noc(root): cfagent -Iq > cfengine:: Purging /var/cfengine/inputs/FUBAR.conf in copy dest directory > > I think what Adam needs is ignore=some_pattern... I find that > it causes files matching some_pattern to not be purged... > > noc(root): cd /var/cfengine/inputs > noc(root): cat update.conf > [...] > copy: > $(master_dir)/inputs dest=$(workdir)/inputs > server=$(policyhost) recur=inf mode=640 owner=0 group=0 > type=checksum backup=false purge=true > include=*.conf include=*.cf include=*.hosts > ignore=Makefile ignore=RCS ignore=Tests > [...] > noc(root): touch Tests > noc(root): cfagent -Iq > noc(root): > > The second paragraph describing include should be removed and a > paragraph for ignore should be added... > > If the purge option is used in copying, then the ignore option has > the effect of the excluding files from the purge, i.e. ignore means > `keep' (don't purge) the named files. > > ? > > steve > - - - > systems & network manager > high energy physics > university of wisconsin > > > _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
