Once a promise has been "repaired" it is not executed again. It has converged.
The promise
has been kept. The three passes are to ensure that promises that are activated
by the
completion of others will be picked up. This is not a substitute for a
scheduling policy.
nwat...@symcor.com wrote:
> Please consider this test.
> body common control {
> bundlesequence => { "test" };
> }
>
> bundle common g{
> classes:
>
> "all" expression => "any";
> }
>
> bundle agent test {
>
> commands:
>
> any::
>
> "/bin/echo \'hello world\'",
> action => immediate;
>
> }
>
> body action immediate
> {
> ifelapsed => "0";
> }
>
> Expected results: 'hello world' would be echoed three times. Once for
> each of the three runs in a single cf-agent invocation.
>
> Actual results:
> [r...@unxxhd01 inputs]# cf-agent -f ./foo.cf
> Q: ".../bin/echo 'hell": hello world
> I: Last 1 QUOTEed lines were generated by promiser "/bin/echo 'hello
> world'"
> I: Made in version 'not specified' of './foo.cf' near line 26
>
> I think I need a deeper understanding of locking and ifelapsed. Why does
> ifelapsed => 0 not allow the promise to be run each and every time? I
> realize that this example is trivial. In more practical policies I see
> the need to have a promise verified more than once per invocation. Is
> this possible?
>
> Sincerely,
> --
> Neil Watson
> 416-673-3465
>
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