----- "Markus Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was thinking a function could work for the people who really want > > this feature and that way we're not creating issues with the way > the > > file type actually works. > > > > $mypath = "/usr/local/foo/bin" > > > > file { path_components($mypath): > > ensure => directiory, > > } > > > > and path_components just returns an array: > > > > ['/usr', '/usr/local', '/usr/local/foo', '/usr/local/bin'] > > +1 Sweet! > > Could be as simple as something like: > > module Puppet::Parser::Functions > newfunction(:path_components, :type => :rvalue) do |args| > File.split(args[0]).inject([]) { |segements,segment| segments << > File.join((segments.last || ''),segment) } > end > end >
We discussed such a solution a while ago on IRC, this is pretty good, we should just add the ability to set a start position, so that for example you don't try to manage /, /usr, /usr/local but only /usr/local/your and /usr/local/your/stuff -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" 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-dev?hl=en.
