Forum: Cfengine Help
Subject: Re: Strange behaviour with insert_lines
Author: zzamboni
Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,18780,18795#msg-18795
I have written an edit_line body called replace_or_add, which I think could be
useful for what you want to achieve. It takes a regular
Forum: Cfengine Help
Subject: Re: Cfengine Help: Re: Strange behaviour with insert_lines
Author: babudro
Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,18791,18794#msg-18794
Daniel V. Klein Wrote:
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> Look at "empty_file_before
Forum: Cfengine Help
Subject: Re: Strange behaviour with insert_lines
Author: babudro
Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,18780,18792#msg-18792
Yes, agreed, I understand that, and this is what I thought I was doing, but as
I wrote above when I empty the file first I thought it wo
Look at "empty_file_before_editing". You need to know that cfengine doesn't
actually empty the file that you are promising - it makes a copy, does the
edits on the copy, and overwrites the existing file if it needs to. So when
you say "empty_file_before_editing", it starts the edits on a clean
Forum: Cfengine Help
Subject: Re: Strange behaviour with insert_lines
Author: mark
Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,18780,18789#msg-18789
Don't make it harder than it needs to be. Unless you need to preserve
something that is already there, just use a complete template for th
Forum: Cfengine Help
Subject: Re: Strange behaviour with insert_lines
Author: babudro
Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,18780,18788#msg-18788
Hmmm, I'm not seeing the "light" yet. What then would be the recommended
method of re-writing an entire file (such as ntp.conf) so that
Forum: Cfengine Help
Subject: Re: Strange behaviour with insert_lines
Author: babudro
Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,18780,18782#msg-18782
Okay, that was the enlightenment I needed. Thanks, Mark!
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Forum: Cfengine Help
Subject: Re: Strange behaviour with insert_lines
Author: mark
Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,18780,18781#msg-18781
I think you are stumbling over convergent behaviour, and forgetting that each
promise is an independent entity. Try putting everything in o
