On Nov 4, 2008, at 1:55 PM, Peter Meier wrote:
>
> Hi
>
>> Is there any way to create a parent directory for a file if it
>> doesn't
>> exist?
>>
>> Trying this:
>>
>> file { "/etc/crontabs/$title.crontab":
>> source => "puppet:///crontabs/$title.crontab",
>> ensure => present,
>> owner => $user,
>> recurse => true
>> }
>>
>> but it's failing because /etc/crontabs doesn't exist.
>
> you have to manage the parent directory as well, as it is something
> you
> like to manage with puppet!
>
> so:
>
> file{'/etc/crontabs':
> ensure => directory,
> }
>
> puppet will automagically precede this file definition the one above.
>
> greets pete.
Excellent! Thanks.
I went to update the wiki page (the intruding parenthetical comment
distracted me from seeing the 3rd and 4th value for file's ensure).
After my updated, I noticed that page is auto-generated. Patch to
follow :)
Tim
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