Check out the "creates" meta parameter.

http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/type.html#exec

Den
On 26/07/2012, at 2:58, Nikolaos Hatzopoulos <[email protected]> wrote:

> this is working:
> 
> exec { myexectest:
>     path        => "/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin",
>     cwd         => "/home/user/.ssh",
>     command =>"echo test > test.txt",
>     unless       => "test -e test.txt"
> 
> }
> 
> the idea was if a file does not exist just execute something I don't if there 
> is a better way of doing that
> 
> --Nikos
> 
> On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:07:49 AM UTC-7, Christopher Wood wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 05:16:01PM -0700, Nikolaos Hatzopoulos wrote: 
> >    Hi, 
> > 
> >    I am trying to 
> >    exec { myexectest: 
> >        path        => "/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin", 
> >        cwd         => "/home/user/.ssh", 
> >        command =>"echo test > test.txt", 
> >        onlyif       => "test -f test.txt" 
> 
> I would have wrapped everything up in a shell script and simply named the 
> shell script as the namevar, but that's just me. 
> 
> >    } 
> > 
> >    it doesnt work any clues why? I think it cannot change directory to a 
> > DOT 
> >    directory 
> 
> Try running the agent in the foreground with debug on, that will give you a 
> better error message. 
> 
> /etc/init.d/puppet stop; puppet agent --debug --verbose --no-daemonize 
> 
> (There are likely better flags, but I use that out of habit.) 
> 
> >    please HELP!! 
> > 
> >    --Nikos Hatzopoulos 
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