16.18. cdist-type__clean_path(7)¶

16.18.1. NAME¶

cdist-type__clean_path - Remove files and directories which match the pattern.

16.18.2. DESCRIPTION¶

Remove files and directories which match the pattern.

Provided path (as __object_id) must be a directory.

Patterns are passed to find's -regex - see find(1) for more details.

Look up of files and directories is non-recursive (-maxdepth 1).

Parent directory is excluded (-mindepth 1).

This type is not POSIX compatible (sorry, Solaris users).

16.18.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶

pattern: Pattern of files which are removed from path.

16.18.4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶

exclude: Pattern of files which are excluded from removal.
onchange: The code to run if files or directories were removed.

16.18.5. EXAMPLES¶

__clean_path /etc/apache2/conf-enabled \
    --pattern '.+' \
    --exclude '.+\(charset\.conf\|security\.conf\)' \
    --onchange 'service apache2 restart'

16.18.6. AUTHORS¶

Ander Punnar <ander-at-kvlt-dot-ee>

16.18.7. COPYING¶

Copyright (C) 2019 Ander Punnar. 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.