In fact I've since realised that the documents state the 'path' parameter
is the *namevar* for a file resource type.
So what you've said is spot on.
Thank you again.
On Wednesday, November 21, 2012 3:43:01 PM UTC, KomodoDave wrote:
>
> ..or should I say - *John*!
>
>
> On Tuesday, November 20, 2012 2:42:02 PM UTC, KomodoDave wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to use my first custom function *prefixPaths*.
>>
>> The function is defined in:
>>
>> my_module/lib/puppet/parser/functions/prefixPaths.rb
>>
>>
>> Listing:
>>
>> module Puppet::Parser::Functions
>> newfunction(:prefixPaths, :type => :rvalue) do |args|
>> args[1].map{|path| "#{args[0]}/#{path}"}
>> end
>> end
>>
>>
>> It's usage is e.g. *prefixPaths( 'base', [ 'A', 'path/to/B' ] ) => [
>> 'base/A', 'base/path/to/B' ]*
>> *
>> *
>> I'm trying to use it in a Puppet manifest when creating a set of
>> directories on the client:
>>
>> $bashScriptDir = "bash-scripts"
>> $karafScriptDir = "karaf-scripts"
>> $userTypeDir = "user-type-resources"
>> $resourceDirs = [$bashScriptDir,$karafScriptDir,$userTypeDir]
>> file { 'Create common dirs.':
>> path => $localPaths,
>> ensure => 'Directory'
>> }
>>
>> However, when I use this the following error results:
>>
>> err: Failed to apply catalog: Parameter path failed: File paths must be
>> fully qualified, not
>> '/fuse/common/bash-scripts/fuse/common/karaf-scripts/fuse/common/user-type-resources'
>>
>> at /etc/puppet/gitmodules/app_fuse/manifests/init.pp:113
>>
>>
>> It looks like it's flattening the array.
>>
>> I've seen another conversation on here indicating arrays are permitted to
>> be used as custom function return values.
>>
>> Would someone be kind enough to indicate what I'm doing wrong?
>>
>> I'm on Puppet version 2.7.6 .
>>
>> Sincere thanks for your time.
>>
>
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