Issue #5414 has been updated by Nigel Kersten. Status changed from Unreviewed to Investigating Assignee set to Nigel Kersten
But restarting the server *does* work? ---------------------------------------- Bug #5414: file resource can't be used to monitor file changes recursively https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/5414 Author: Ben - Status: Investigating Priority: High Assignee: Nigel Kersten Category: file Target version: Affected Puppet version: 2.6.3 Keywords: Branch: for a long time i have used puppet to monitor a directory recursively for file changes but since upgrading to 2.6 that doesn't appear to work. # file_test.pp file { "/tmp/file_test": ensure => directory, recurse => true, checksum => mtime, mode => 644, notify => Exec["tar"]; } exec { "/bin/tar -cf - /tmp/file_test > /dev/null": alias => "tar", refreshonly => true; } Using the above manifest the following does not act as expected. puppet apply --verbose file_test.pp # creates /tmp/file_test and runs exec as expected mkdir /tmp/file_test/{1,2,3,4,5,6} puppet apply --verbose file_test.pp # does nothing, should run exec puppet apply --verbose file_test.pp # does nothing, should do nothing touch /tmp/file_test/{1,2,3,4,5,6}/{10,11,12,15} puppet apply --verbose file_test.pp # does nothing, should run exec -- 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://projects.puppetlabs.com/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.
