Not possible in the way you've phrased it. If you're trying to only manage a file if something is or is not true you might look into custom facts.
https://docs.puppetlabs.com/facter/2.2/custom_facts.html Then you do something like: if $::myfact == 'yes' { file { '/path/to/file': content => "exists\n", } } On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 11:06:06AM -0700, Ellick Johnson wrote: > I need to have an Exec command notify a File block only to run if the Exec > is true. Is that possible? > exec { "check_version": > command => "/bin/echo 'versions differ'", > unless => "/usr/bin/test `/bin/cat VERSION.txt` = \"1.0\"", > notify => File["/app_dir"], > } > # create app_dir only if versions differ > file { /app_dir: > recurse => true, > require => [Exec["check_version"], > source => "puppet:///modules/app/versions/1.0", > subscribe => Exec["check_version"], > } > Is this possible? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [1]puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [2]https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/f00e9418-663d-4359-ac60-f28edb0d77b1%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit [3]https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > References > > Visible links > 1. mailto:puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > 2. > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/f00e9418-663d-4359-ac60-f28edb0d77b1%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > 3. https://groups.google.com/d/optout -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/20140925180932.GB4533%40iniquitous.heresiarch.ca. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
