help-cfengine-boun...@cfengine.org wrote on 2010-03-18 14:09:04:

> I'm actually confused about depth_search. Here's what the documentation
> says:
> 
> "When searching recursively from a directory, the parent directory is
> not part of the search. It is only the anchor point. To alter the
> parent, a separate non-recursive promise should be made."

As I understand it if I were to recursively search /var/cfengine/inputs 
promising to set everything to mode 640, /var/cfengine/inputs would NOT be 
included in that promise.  Thus the search targets everything under the 
specified directory but not the directory itself.

Sincerely,
--
Neil Watson
416-673-3465


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