On 2011/02/14, at 11:12, Felix Frank wrote: > On 02/10/2011 08:47 PM, Matthew Pounsett wrote: >> >> The docs are vague on how the two interact.. but it seems to me that >> 'creates' will override 'onlyif' in an exec clause. i.e. if the file named >> by 'creates' exists, then 'onlyif' is ignored. Is someone able to confirm >> that? > > I cannot positively confirm, but the opposite wouldn't make a bit of > sense to me.
Sometimes files exist already but need to be updated. With 'creates' and 'onlyif' both set, I'd expect an OR behaviour: write the file if the file referenced by 'creates' doesn't exist, OR if 'onlyif' evaluates to true. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" 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-users?hl=en.
