Brian C. Hill wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to copy some specific files to a jumpstart root.
>Since cfengine will only do file->file dir->dir, this does not
>seem possible to do with cfengine in one short statement as it
>is with rsync, rdist, find/cpio, tar, etc..
>
> Here is a short example:
>
> source files:
>
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
> /etc/init.d/sshd
> /usr/openssh
> /var/empty
>
> dest:
>
> /jumpstart/bootstrap/etc/ssh/sshd_config
> /jumpstart/bootstrap/etc/init.d/sshd
> /jumpstart/bootstrap/usr/openssh
> /jumpstart/bootstrap/var/empty
>
> With rsync, rdist, etc..:
>
> $(file) -> /jumpstart/bootstrap
>
> With cfengine, it seems that 4 copy statements are needed. In
>the real case, I have about 20 files to copy (not just the 4 above)
>
> Am I missing a shortcut here?
>
>Brian
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I think r=inf is what you are after for recursion:
copy:
${source_directory}
dest=/jumpstart/bootstrap/
r=inf
Is that what you mean?
Cheers
Dax
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