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<h1>13.35. cdist-type__file(7)<a class="headerlink" href="#cdist-type-file-7" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<div class="section" id="name">
<h2>13.35.1. NAME<a class="headerlink" href="#name" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>cdist-type__file - Manage files.</p>
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<h2>13.35.2. DESCRIPTION<a class="headerlink" href="#description" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>This cdist type allows you to create files, remove files and set file
attributes on the target.</p>
<p>If the file already exists on the target, then if it is a:</p>
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<dt>regular file, and state is:</dt>
<dd><dl class="first last docutils">
<dt>present</dt>
<dd>replace it with the source file if they are not equal</dd>
<dt>exists</dt>
<dd>do nothing</dd>
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</dd>
<dt>symlink</dt>
<dd>replace it with the source file</dd>
<dt>directory</dt>
<dd>replace it with the source file</dd>
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<p>In any case, make sure that the file attributes are as specified.</p>
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<h2>13.35.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS<a class="headerlink" href="#required-parameters" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>None.</p>
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<h2>13.35.4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS<a class="headerlink" href="#optional-parameters" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<dt>state</dt>
<dd><p class="first">'present', 'absent' or 'exists', defaults to 'present' where:</p>
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<dt>present</dt>
<dd>the file is exactly the one from source</dd>
<dt>absent</dt>
<dd>the file does not exist</dd>
<dt>exists</dt>
<dd>the file from source but only if it doesn't already exist</dd>
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<dt>group</dt>
<dd>Group to chgrp to.</dd>
<dt>mode</dt>
<dd>Unix permissions, suitable for chmod.</dd>
<dt>owner</dt>
<dd>User to chown to.</dd>
<dt>source</dt>
<dd>If supplied, copy this file from the host running cdist to the target.
If not supplied, an empty file or directory will be created.
If source is '-' (dash), take what was written to stdin as the file content.</dd>
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<h2>13.35.5. MESSAGES<a class="headerlink" href="#messages" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<dt>chgrp &lt;group&gt;</dt>
<dd>Changed group membership</dd>
<dt>chown &lt;owner&gt;</dt>
<dd>Changed owner</dd>
<dt>chmod &lt;mode&gt;</dt>
<dd>Changed mode</dd>
<dt>create</dt>
<dd>Empty file was created (no --source specified)</dd>
<dt>remove</dt>
<dd>File exists, but state is absent, file will be removed by generated code.</dd>
<dt>upload</dt>
<dd>File was uploaded</dd>
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<h2>13.35.6. EXAMPLES<a class="headerlink" href="#examples" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<div class="highlight-sh"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Create  /etc/cdist-configured as an empty file</span>
__file /etc/cdist-configured
<span class="c1"># The same thing</span>
__file /etc/cdist-configured --state present
<span class="c1"># Use __file from another type</span>
__file /etc/issue --source <span class="s2">&quot;</span><span class="nv">$__type</span><span class="s2">/files/archlinux&quot;</span> --state present
<span class="c1"># Delete existing file</span>
__file /etc/cdist-configured --state absent
<span class="c1"># Supply some more settings</span>
__file /etc/shadow --source <span class="s2">&quot;</span><span class="nv">$__type</span><span class="s2">/files/shadow&quot;</span> <span class="se">\</span>
   --owner root --group shadow --mode <span class="m">0640</span> <span class="se">\</span>
   --state present
<span class="c1"># Provide a default file, but let the user change it</span>
__file /home/frodo/.bashrc --source <span class="s2">&quot;/etc/skel/.bashrc&quot;</span> <span class="se">\</span>
   --state exists <span class="se">\</span>
   --owner frodo --mode 0600
<span class="c1"># Take file content from stdin</span>
__file /tmp/whatever --owner root --group root --mode <span class="m">644</span> --source - <span class="s">&lt;&lt; DONE</span>
<span class="s">    Here goes the content for /tmp/whatever</span>
<span class="s">DONE</span>
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<div class="section" id="authors">
<h2>13.35.7. AUTHORS<a class="headerlink" href="#authors" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Nico Schottelius &lt;<a class="reference external" href="mailto:nico-cdist--&#37;&#52;&#48;--schottelius&#46;org">nico-cdist--<span>&#64;</span>--schottelius<span>&#46;</span>org</a>&gt;</p>
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<h2>13.35.8. COPYING<a class="headerlink" href="#copying" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Nico Schottelius. You can redistribute it
and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.</p>
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