file.absent for deletion of multiple files in windows

[Mosby Simmons]

All,

I'm trying to delete multiple files with a salt state and was hoping to use a glob.  I don't want to delete the directory.

Is there a way to do this?

I found this: https://www.openmediavault.org/?p=2211 but this is for unix and similar script doesn't seem to work.

I also found this: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/9183 but didn't really find a solution.

If you have basic syntax I would appreciate it.

Thanks!

[Dirk Heinrichs]

Am Dienstag, 20. August 2019 04:04:59 UTC+2 schrieb Mosby Simmons:

I'm trying to delete multiple files with a salt state and was hoping to use a glob.  I don't want to delete the directory.

[First try didn't make it to the list, so I'm trying again using web UI.]

I've implemented file.tidied, similar to Puppet's tidy, to do exactly this. It's part of Salt 2019.2.0. If you want it for 2018.3.4, just drop me a note and I'll send you the module.

Bye...

    Dirk
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[Dirk Heinrichs]

Am 19.08.19 um 21:14 schrieb Mosby Simmons:

> I'm trying to delete multiple files with a salt state and was hoping
> to use a glob.  I don't want to delete the directory.

[Mosby Simmons]

After more googling I finally found that you could do multiple files using the following format:

remove_tmp_files:

  file.absent:

    - names:

      - '/tmp/file1'

      - '/tmp/file2'

      .....

Thanks for the quick responses though!

[Markus Kramer]

Yes, names is handy.

Have you also found a solution for the glob (/tmp/file*)?

[Mosby Simmons]

No unfortunately not.

[Markus Kramer]

thank you, that is unfortunate

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[Dirk Heinrichs]

Am 10.09.19 um 17:32 schrieb Mosby Simmons:

> No unfortunately not.

Look at the thread again. I've sent the solution.

[Markus Kramer]

Hi Dirk,

Thank you, I overlooked that.

Please send the module, or the pull request. 

Markus

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[Dirk Heinrichs]

Am 12.09.19 um 21:16 schrieb Markus Kramer:

> Please send the module, or the pull request.

Sure. Here you are: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/47718