Issue #1268 has been updated by luke. Status changed from Needs more information to Accepted Affected version set to 0.24.4
---------------------------------------- Feature #1268: Improve the documentation of how exec works http://projects.reductivelabs.com/issues/show/1268 Author: sjmudd Status: Accepted Priority: Normal Assigned to: community Category: documentation Target version: Complexity: Unknown Patch: None Affected version: 0.24.4 Keywords: The documentation regarding shell commands while reasonably complete doesn't say various things: 1. Exactly how "command" is executed. This seems to be through the shell (which one /bin/sh? /bin/bash?, can this be determined or influenced?) 2. How complex the command can be. Thus are all shell meta characters such as > >> && & etc. allowed 3. Variable interpolation, both by puppet and the shell. I assume puppet variables get evaluated first and this is what is passed to the shell to evaluate. If we want to use shell variables must the $VARIABLE be escaped as \$VARIABLE in order to reach the shell correctly as $VARIABLE? 4. Comments about which file descriptors command can assume are open (only stdout/stderr? is stdin redirected?) 5. Any limits (command size limit) that puppet imposes on "command" 6. A comment regarding the best practice of: (a) making a large complex command, or (b) writing a separate script which is distributed by puppet from the master and executed from command on the client I think that for certain more complex actions which might be done inside puppet this information would be invaluable. ---------------------------------------- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://reductivelabs.com/redmine/my/account --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
