Hi, No it's doesn't work because cfengine don't allowed to copy file to directory ! So if the source is a plain file the dest MUST be a plain file ! (this is the problem).
Yves > If you leave the dest= directive as a path with no filename, i.e. > dest=/tmp/, does that work? I don't have any examples of doing a copy > like that in my cf.* files, but I can't imagine any other way they would > have implemented iteration. > > Paul Krizak 5900 E. Ben White Blvd. MS 625 > Advanced Micro Devices Austin, TX 78741 > Linux/Unix Systems Engineering Phone: (512) 602-8775 > Microprocessor Solutions Sector > > > Yves Blusseau wrote: >> Hi, all, >> >> I want to use a list to copy some files. >> >> The tutorial manual said that the list can be use only in the "from" >> field of a copy action: >> It is convenient to be able to use such variables to force cfagent to >> iterative over a list. This gives us a compact way of writing repeated >> operations and it allows a simple method of communication with the shell >> environment. For security reasons, iteration is supported only in the >> following contexts: >> * in the `from' field of a copy action >> >> I write this little script: >> ... >> control: >> listOfFiles = ( foo:bar:baz ) >> ... >> copy: >> any:: >> $(my_cfconfigs)/files/$(listOfFiles) dest=/tmp/$(listOfFiles) >> server=$(policyhost) >> ... >> >> >> But the above fails, since it try to copy every files (foo, then bar, >> then baz) to /tmp/foo:bar:baz (the list in dest isn't split). >> So how to write a copy action with a list of source files ? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> Yves >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Help-cfengine mailing list >> Help-cfengine@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine > > > _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
