Hello Reno - Use the "unless" exec parameter
http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/TypeReference#unless With unless, (from the page): "If this parameter is set, then this exec will run unless the command returns 0." Regards, -Roy Reno wrote: > opssss sorry I didn't see too! :-) > > Btw > > onlyif => "/usr/bin/apt-get -q -q update" > > say to do that just after the apt-get command is lunched but what if > I want the contrary ... to run the command only if the apt-get fail to > run? > > > > On Oct 21, 6:02 pm, Roy Nielsen <r...@lanl.gov> wrote: > >> oops, quote in the wrong place, try: >> >> exec { "touch /home/ciao": >> cwd => "/home", >> path => "/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin", >> onlyif => "/usr/bin/apt-get -q -q update" >> >> } >> Reno wrote: >> >>> err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not parse for environment >>> production: Syntax error at 'cwd'; expected '}' at /etc/puppet/ >>> manifests/classes/source.list.pp:24 >>> >>> On Oct 21, 5:45 pm, Roy Nielsen <r...@lanl.gov> wrote: >>> >>>> Use the onlyif parameter of the exec type: >>>> >>>> exec { "touch /home/ciao:" >>>> cwd => "/home", >>>> path => "/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin", >>>> onlyif => "/usr/bin/apt-get -q -q update" >>>> >>>> } >>>> >>>> Note: the onlyif parameter only works this way with the >>>> "exec" type (works a bit differently for the augeas type) >>>> The unless parameter only works with exec at this point. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> -Roy >>>> >>>> Reno wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yes I agree, >>>>> for example what you will do if I want to run the touch command only >>>>> if /usr/bin/apt-get -q -q update has run without error? >>>>> exec { subscribe-echo: >>>>> command => "/usr/bin/apt-get -q -q update", >>>>> logoutput => false, >>>>> refreshonly => true, >>>>> subscribe => file["/etc/apt/sources.list"] >>>>> } >>>>> exec { "touch /home/ciao": >>>>> cwd => "/home", >>>>> path => "/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin" >>>>> } >>>>> On Oct 21, 4:56 pm, Brice Figureau <brice-pup...@daysofwonder.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 08:53 -0700, Reno wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> hi and thanks for the help >>>>>>> I use a more simple ( to me ) but effective solution: >>>>>>> exec { "touch /home/ciao": >>>>>>> cwd => "/home", >>>>>>> path => "/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin" >>>>>>> } >>>>>>> >>>>>> You can't guarantee this exec won't run _before_ your other exec if you >>>>>> don't add strict ordering metaparameters (require/before). >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Brice Figureau >>>>>> Follow the latest Puppet Community evolutions onwww.planetpuppet.org! >>>>>> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
