Puppet Windows exec

[Jay Ze]

Hi,

Is it correct that it's not possible to excecute Windows Commands
directly with the puppet run?

For example:

exec { 'ExecCreatedFolder':
command => "mkdir C:\PuppetOrdner\ExecCreatedFolder",
}




I allways have to bind it with a .bat file right?




file { 'c:/PuppetFolder/puppettest.bat':
ensure => file,
owner => 'administrator',
content => "mkdir C:\PuppetFolder\BatchCreatedFolder",
}


exec { 'c:/PuppetFolder/puppettest.bat':
require => File['c:/PuppetFolder/puppettest.bat'],
}

[Paul Tötterman]

Hi Jay,

 

exec { 'ExecCreatedFolder':
       command => "mkdir C:\PuppetOrdner\​ExecCreatedFolder",
}

mkdir is a command implemented by the windows command processor cmd.exe, not a callable program. http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/type.html#exec states that the Windows provider can only call executables instead of giving commands to a shell.

That said, have you tried something like 'command => "cmd /c mkdir c:\test"' ?

Also, I hope you bring up mkdir purely for the sake of discussion, since file { 'C:/test': ensure => directory } works for creating directories.

Cheers,

Paul

[Jay Ze]

On 23 Mrz., 12:16, Paul Tötterman <paul.totter...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jay,
>
> > exec { 'ExecCreatedFolder':
> >        command => "mkdir C:\PuppetOrdner\​ExecCreatedFolder",
> > }
>
> mkdir is a command implemented by the windows command processor cmd.exe,

> not a callable program.http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/type.html#execstates that the

> Windows provider can only call executables instead of giving commands to a
> shell.
>
> That said, have you tried something like 'command => "cmd /c mkdir
> c:\test"' ?

I tried it and it didn't work.. but I know what you mean.

It's OK

>
> Also, I hope you bring up mkdir purely for the sake of discussion, since
> file { 'C:/test': ensure => directory } works for creating directories.

Yes, It was just an example :-)
Just to try the ressource exec
>
> Cheers,
> Paul

Thx for your quick answer.

[Josh Cooper]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 4:33 AM, Jay Ze <iltisann...@googlemail.com> wrote:

On 23 Mrz., 12:16, Paul Tötterman <paul.totter...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jay,
>
> > exec { 'ExecCreatedFolder':
> >        command => "mkdir C:\PuppetOrdner\​ExecCreatedFolder",
> > }
>
> mkdir is a command implemented by the windows command processor cmd.exe,

> not a callable program.http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/type.html#execstates that the

> Windows provider can only call executables instead of giving commands to a
> shell.
>
> That said, have you tried something like 'command => "cmd /c mkdir
> c:\test"' ?

I tried it and it didn't work.. but I know what you mean.

It's OK

The exec resource requires that command be an absolute path or that you specify the path parameter to resolve the executable. Since %windir% can vary across Windows agents, the easiest thing is to do use the agent's path fact:

exec { 'cmd /c echo hello':

  path => $::path,

  logoutput => true

}

Also note that I didn't specify a '.exe' extension. Puppet uses both the %PATH% and %PATHEXT% environment variables to resolve the executable. Or course, you can specify the extension if you want, e.g. cmd.exe /c echo hello.

>
> Also, I hope you bring up mkdir purely for the sake of discussion, since
> file { 'C:/test': ensure => directory } works for creating directories.

Yes, It was just an example :-)
Just to try the ressource exec
>
> Cheers,
> Paul

Thx for your quick answer.

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