ensure directory absent

[Albert Shih]

Hi

Stupid question :

I have a module who install some file/directory. I pass a parameter
"ensure" inside this module.

I can do

class my_module ($ensure ='present') {

file { 'file0':
ensure => $ensure
etc.

}

so I can call my class with " ensure => 'absent' " to cleanup.

But I don't known how to do the same thing with directory. Is they are any
easy/clean way to do that ?

I know I can do something like

if ensure = 'present'

{ file {'directory':} }
else
{ exec {'rmdir directory'}}

But seem not very clean for me.

Regards.

JAS

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[Christopher Wood]

I think the "force" parameter is the answer to your immediate question.

http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/type.html#file-attribute-force

That comes with the usual warning that automated recursive deletion has a higher than usual risk of removing something you actually needed. Since empty directories are often inert, possibly you might investigate if "purge" is a better fit for you?

http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/type.html#file-attribute-purge

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