Yep that looks like a bug (so please file a report :-) However, I'd point out that copying recursively to '/' can be dangerous... (but should be allowed anyway)
On Jul 7, 2011, at 7:32 AM, no-re...@cfengine.com wrote: > Forum: CFEngine Help > Subject: files: copy to "/" does not seem to work > Author: svenXY > Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,22757,22757#msg-22757 > > Hi, I have this: > > files: > any:: > "/" -> "common_root" > handle => "copy_common_root", > comment => "we first copy everything necessary from the CopyHost", > copy_from => cp_from_configtree("trees/common"), > depth_search => recurse("inf"); > > > which is supposed to recursively copy a tree structure to the root-Directory > of my client host, but I get > > cf-agent -f ./promises.cf > !! Non-absolute path in source attribute (have no invariant meaning): / > > > Is this a feature or simply something that nobody has tried before? As far as > I understand it, '/' is an absolute path. > > Cheers, > Sven > > _______________________________________________ > 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
