sync directory like rsync --delete

[ruisse...@gmail.com]

Hi I want to sync ( like rsync --delete) the following directory:
    "/etc/autofs.d"
      copy_from => u_cp("$(sys.workdir)/sourcefiles/etc/autofs.d"),
      # depth_search => recurse("1"),
      depth_search => recurse_ignore("inf",".svn"),
      # file_select => all,
      file_select => by_name(".*"),
      delete => tidy,
      perms => mog("644","root","root"),
      classes => if_repaired("restart_autofs");

I got the following:
!! Promise constraint conflicts - /etc/autofs.d cannot be deleted and exist at the same time

Files that dont'exist in $(sys.workdir)/sourcefiles/etc/autofs.d should be deleted in /etc/autofs.d .
All other files should be copied.
Any help is welcome!

[Jean Rémond]

Hi

Have a look at cfengine_stdlib.cf

What you are looking for is "purge => true", you don't need "delete => tidy"
https://cfengine.com/manuals/cf3-Reference#copy_005ffrom-in-files

body copy_from sync_cp(from,server)
{
servers     => { "$(server)" };
source      => "$(from)";
purge       => "true";
preserve    => "true";
type_check  => "false";
}

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[Neil Watson]

See the purge attribute of the copy_from body.
http://cfengine.com/manuals/cf3-Reference#copy_005ffrom-in-files

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[ruisse...@gmail.com]

I already tried purge:

    "/etc/autofs.d"
      copy_from => u_cp("$(sys.workdir)/sourcefiles/etc/autofs.d"),

      depth_search => recurse_ignore("inf",".svn"),

      file_select => by_name(".*"),

      purge => "true",

      perms => mog("644","root","root"),
      classes => if_repaired("restart_autofs");

Constraint lvalue 'purge' is not allowed in bundle category 'files', near token 'true"'

[Neil Watson]

On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 08:22:25AM -0700, ruisse...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
> I already tried purge:

Purge a body attribute not a promise attribute. It goes in the copy_from
body, not the promise body.

[ruisse...@gmail.com]

Thanks, it works. I made a separate body copy_from statement which include purge.

[mike.w...@verticalsysadmin.com]

Is the behavior actually similar to the rsync option, though?  Which specific option is it similar to: --delete-before, --delete-during, or --delete-after?

--Mike Weilgart