Hi,
you need to add provider => shell to your exec to get the subshell working
regards Florian
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Shantanu <knowshant...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I would like to 'exec' an installation script 'onlyif' an installation
> directory is empty. I tried using following bash one-liner however it
> didn't work:
> <code>
> exec{$one_install_script:
> require => File[$one_install_script],
> onlyif => "[ \"$(/bin/ls -A $one_location)\" ] && exit 1 || exit
> 0"
> }
>
> </code>
>
> It failed with following error:
>
> <error>
> err: Failed to apply catalog: Parameter onlyif failed: '[ "$(/bin/ls -
> A /srv/cloud/one)" ] && exit 1 || exit 0' is not qualified and no
> path was specified. Please qualify the command or specify a path.
> </error>
>
> A bash script with above one-liner worked fine though.
> <code>
> exec{$one_install_script:
> require => File[$one_install_script],
> onlyif => "/tmp/is-dir-empty.sh $one_location"
> </code>
>
> The bash script approach works fine for me. However I am not sure what
> is wrong with the one-liner command. Is $(cmd) command substitution or
> built-in function 'exit' a problem? Any pointers will be really
> helpful.
>
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> Thanks,
> Shantanu
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