Fixed the flag to allow these blanks.
Brendan Strejcek wrote:
> Hmm, edit_field has this:
>
> 7.6.1 edit_field (compound body)
>
> Type: (ext body)
>
> "allow_blank_fields"
>
> It seems like getfields needs a similar knob, if one doesn't already exist.
>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Matt Richards <defraya...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am looking at getfields and it seems that if you have a null field, the
>> value in the named array is not populated for that entry. For example:
>>
>>
>> bundle agent test {
>>
>> vars:
>>
>> "passwd_match" int =>
>> getfields("^root:.*","/tmp/testfile",":","userdata");
>>
>> reports:
>>
>> cfengine_3::
>> "home dir for $(userdata[1]) is $(userdata[5])";
>>
>>
>> }
>>
>> # cat /tmp/testfile:
>> root:!:0:0:GECOS:/:/usr/bin/sh
>>
>> The result is
>> R: home dir for root is GECOS
>>
>> Now, if you remove the GECOS field:
>> # cat /tmp/testfile
>> root:!:0:0::/:/usr/bin/sh
>>
>> The result is:
>> R: home dir for root is /
>>
>> Is this the expected behavior?
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