Hi

> Is there any way to create a parent directory for a file if it doesn't  
> exist?
> 
> Trying this:
> 
> file { "/etc/crontabs/$title.crontab":
>    source => "puppet:///crontabs/$title.crontab",
>    ensure => present,
>    owner => $user,
>    recurse => true
> }
> 
> but it's failing because /etc/crontabs doesn't exist.

you have to manage the parent directory as well, as it is something you
like to manage with puppet!

so:

file{'/etc/crontabs':
    ensure => directory,
}

puppet will automagically precede this file definition the one above.

greets pete.


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