> you could negate the FileExists(file) function
> (http://cfengine.com/manuals/cf2-Reference.html#FileExists).
>
> untested example:
>
> classes:
> missingfile = ( !FileExists(/path/to/file) )
>
> copy:
> missingfile::
> source
> dest
thank you!
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On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Evuraan wrote:
> greetings!
>
> running cfengine2, I wanted to know if i can copy a file only if it
> does not exist.
you could negate the FileExists(file) function
(http://cfengine.com/manuals/cf2-Reference.html#FileExists).
untested example:
classes:
mi
greetings!
running cfengine2, I wanted to know if i can copy a file only if it
does not exist.
sort of :
[ -s myfile ] || cp someotherfile myfile
I *can* do this in a "shellcommands" thingy, but I wanted to know
whether I can do this within a "copy". the closest i could find is the
"type"
ma
