Also note that if you really do want to indent the string, there is a whitespace_policy that might help...
-Dan On Jun 18, 2011, at 4:59 AM, Jonathan Clarke wrote: > Mark, I think sauer is referring to this typo in the Solutions Guide, at > http://cfengine.com/manuals/cf3-solutions.html#Set-up-a-PXE-boot-server. > More of a documentation bug than a software bug. > > sauer, you can use multi-line strings wherever you use "plain" strings: > just adding a line break in a string causes it to continue, until a > closing " is encountered. For example: > > vars: > "my_long_string" string => "This > is > a > multi > line > string"; > > Beware that if you try to indent the lines to match the rest of the > file, the indents (tabs or spaces) will be included in the string. > > Jonathan > > > On 18/06/11 10:56, Mark Burgess wrote: >> >> This is not a bug, I think. The problem is you wrote >> >> "atftpd_conf" string => { "5.2" }; >> >> You need either >> >> "atftpd_conf" string => "5.2" ; >> >> or >> >> "atftpd_conf" slist => { "5.2" }; >> >> >> On 18/06/11 07:08, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: >>> It's a bug. The policy does not pass cf-promises syntax check: >>> >>> Fatal cfengine error: Validation: rhs is a list, but lhs (string) >>> is not a list type >>> >>> You can file a bug report on bug.cfengine.com. >>> >>> Best, >>> -at >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 10:13 AM,<no-re...@cfengine.com> wrote: >>>> Forum: Cfengine Help >>>> Subject: long string format >>>> Author: sauer >>>> Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,22500,22500#msg-22500 >>>> >>>> Can someone explain the multi-line string format used, for example, in the >>>> solution guide? I'm not following why there's a single-element list, a >>>> semicolon, and then a really long string afterwards. Here's one example: >>>> >>>> >>>> "atftpd_conf" string => { "5.2" }; >>>> " >>>> ########################################### >>>> >>>> ### This file is protected by CFEngine. ### >>>> >>>> ### Whatever you do, it will be changed ### >>>> >>>> ### back to a promising state. ### >>>> >>>> ########################################### >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ATFTPD_OPTIONS=\"--daemon \" >>>> ATFTPD_USE_INETD=\"no\" >>>> ATFTPD_DIRECTORY=\"/tftpboot\" >>>> ATFTPD_BIND_ADDRESSES=\"\" >>>> "; >>>> >>>> >>>> I'd be inclned to just do something like this, I'd think: >>>> >>>> >>>> "atftpd_conf" string => " >>>> ########################################### >>>> ... >>>> "; >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Help-cfengine mailing list >>>> Help-cfengine@cfengine.org >>>> https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Help-cfengine mailing list >>> Help-cfengine@cfengine.org >>> https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine >> _______________________________________________ >> Help-cfengine mailing list >> Help-cfengine@cfengine.org >> https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Jonathan Clarke - jonat...@phillipoux.net > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Ldap Synchronization Connector (LSC) - http://lsc-project.org > -------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Help-cfengine mailing list > Help-cfengine@cfengine.org > https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
