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>>> 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!
>>
>>
> The only problem I see with this solution is what to do about duplicate
> declarations?
>
> The second time you use this method somewhere, File["/"] and likely
> File["/usr"] will exist in the catalog multiple times.
good catch. This will likely very fast cause problems and people will
start coming with "bug"-reports. My 2cents regarding this "feature" as a
built-in function.
pete
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