55. cdist-type__link(7)¶

Manage links (hard and symbolic)

Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>

55.1. DESCRIPTION¶

This cdist type allows you to manage hard and symbolic links. The given object id is the destination for the link.

55.2. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶

source: Specifies the link source.
type: Specifies the link type: Either hard or symoblic.

55.3. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶

state: ‘present’ or ‘absent’, defaults to ‘present’

55.4. EXAMPLES¶

# Create hard link of /etc/shadow
__link /root/shadow --source /etc/shadow --type hard

# Relative symbolic link
__link /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/www.test.ch   \
   --source ../sites-available/www.test.ch      \
   --type symbolic

# Absolute symbolic link
__link /opt/plone --source /home/services/plone --type symbolic

# Remove link
__link /opt/plone --state absent

55.5. SEE ALSO¶

cdist-type(7)

55.6. COPYING¶

Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).