Hi Tom, That's what I tried but it doesn't help.
e.g. here is what I tested again right now: diff_args = -ubB -I \$HeadURL and here are the errors that I get: err: /File[/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_state_file.pl]: Failed to retrieve current state of resource: Could not find value for $HeadURL Thanks, --Amos On Aug 25, 11:15 pm, Tom Duckering <tom.ducker...@gmail.com> wrote: > I believe the escape character is simply \ > > I use it to escape quotes - \" > > On 25 Aug 2010, at 12:35, Amos Shapira wrote: > > > Patrick, > > > I see only a quote of my question in your reply. > > > Do you have an answer? > > > Thanks. > > > --Amos > > > On Aug 25, 6:28 pm, Patrick <kc7...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Aug 24, 2010, at 11:52 PM, Amos Shapira wrote: > > >>> Hello, > > >>> I'd like to pass the following flags to diff through puppet: > > >>> -urbB -I $Id -I $HeadURL -I $URL > > >>> But when I try to set diff_args in /etc/puppet/puppet.conflike this: > > >>> diff_args = -ubB -I \$Id -I \$HeadURL -I \$URL > > >>> Puppet tries to interpolate the $Id and fails. > > >>> How can I quote the '$' sign so puppet will pass it as-is to diff? > > >>> I'm using puppet 0.25.4 on CentOS 5.5 x64_86. > > >>> Thanks. > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >>> "Puppet Users" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >>> For more options, visit this group > >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Puppet Users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@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.