Hi Jakov,
the two semicolons locate these variables as being in top-scope/variables
outside of any specific module.
otherwise it might be $modulename::variable
Does that help at all?
W
On Jun 18, 2012, at 8:25 AM, Jakov Sosic wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I have the following facts available:
>
> # facter | grep oper
> operatingsystem => CentOS
> operatingsystemrelease => 6.2
>
> Now, if I wish to use conditionals on these facts, I have to do it like
> this:
>
> case $operatingsystem {}
> case $::operatingsystemrelease {}
>
>
> I'm puzzled as to why can't I just use $operatingsystemrelease, and what
> do these two semicolons mean?
>
>
> Thank you.
>
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