ExpandVariables won't work in my case, since lines are added based on classes. So I don't want variables in there for classes that are not going to get defined. (unless I use variables for large blocks of text; and that has it's own problems)
My testing indicates that as long as the file is only modified within "editfiles" then the behavior I am looking for is already built into cfengine. I found that if I use editfiles to AutoCreate, EmptyEntireFilePlease, InsertFile, DefineClasses; then I can put additional AppendIfNoSuchLine, DefineClasses in other config files and cfengine will only define the class if the final result of the edits differs from the destination. No version tags necessary. But any "copy" declaration that could modify the file will cause the class to be defined every time. (Such as copying the template and then using editfiles to modify it.) On 1/17/06, Brendan Strejcek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you are using a new enough cfengine, you can also use ExpandVariables > in editfiles. > > http://www.cfengine.org/docs/cfengine-Reference.html#index-Templates-362 > > Best, > Brendan > > -- > Senior System Administrator > The University of Chicago > Department of Computer Science > > http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/people/brendan > http://praksys.blogspot.com/ > -- -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers-- _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
