Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: About "new" templates correct usage or limitations Author: th Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,26723,26845#msg-26845
zzamboni Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > - expand_template : > > > > . why doesn't it empty the file first ? (as > > edit_template does). The cost here is a longer > run > > time starting from the second run. > > Because expand_template (and expand_scalars) is > meant to be a generic file-editing mechanism, not > a complete templating solution. Ok. But, as expand_template, the term may be misleading to me. > Mike Svoboda posted an example of how they do > fairly complex whole-file templating (for > sysctl.conf, in his example): > https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,24105,24120, > including parameters that may or may not be > defined on some systems. Thanks, I'll take a look. > > . with insert_lines, non-existing inserted > lines > > are append at the end > > You can control this with location: > https://cfengine.com/manuals/cf3-Reference#locatio > n-in-insert_005flines or select_region, although > it depends a lot on the file. I know. But that's why I said template solution was easier to code. > Yes, but indentation should not matter too much > for functionality, except for human-readability, > but if the file is being maintained by CFEngine, > that might not be much of a concern. You've got an argument, indeed. > Which reminds me - I've been meaning to add > Host/User section support to that bundle for some > time... :) Could be useful indeed. Thanks _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
