File Loop, Possible??

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Brian Carpio

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Apr 25, 2012, 1:57:24 PM4/25/12
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Is there a way to define a single file resource or even exec resource
like this:

file { "$module::params::base_dir" :
ensure => "directory"
owner => "root"
group => "root",
}

file { "$module::params::base_dir/$module::params::name":
ensure => "directory"
owner => "root",
group => "root",
}

I want to define module::params::name like:

class module::params {

$name = [ dir1, dir2, dir3 ]

}

Something like that so I don't have to make a full file definition for
each directory I want to create. Each directory will reside under the
$module::params::base which would be like /home/git and each dir1,
dir2 etc.. would be like /home/git/dir1, /home/git/dir2, /home/git/
dir3 etc...

Dan Bode

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Apr 25, 2012, 2:15:11 PM4/25/12
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you could do something like this:

define loopydir() {
  file { "$module::params::base_dir/${name}":

     ensure => "directory"
     owner => "root",
     group => "root",
  }
}

include module::params

file { "$module::params::base_dir" :
   ensure => "directory"
   owner => "root"
   group => "root",
}

loopydir{ [1,2,3]: }


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