16.12. cdist-type__block(7)¶

16.12.1. NAME¶

cdist-type__block - Manage blocks of text in files

16.12.2. DESCRIPTION¶

Manage a block of text in an existing file. The block is identified using the prefix and suffix parameters. Everything between prefix and suffix is considered to be a managed block of text.

16.12.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶

text: the text to manage. If text is '-' (dash), take what was written to stdin as the text.

16.12.4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶

file: the file in which to manage the text block. Defaults to object_id.
prefix: the prefix to add before the text. Defaults to #cdist:__block/$__object_id
suffix: the suffix to add after the text. Defaults to #/cdist:__block/$__object_id
state: 'present' or 'absent', defaults to 'present'

16.12.5. MESSAGES¶

add: block was added
update: block was updated/changed
remove: block was removed

16.12.6. EXAMPLES¶

# text from argument
__block /path/to/file \
   --prefix '#start' \
   --suffix '#end' \
   --text 'some\nblock of\ntext'

# text from stdin
__block some-id \
   --file /path/to/file \
   --text - << DONE
here some block
of text
DONE

16.12.7. AUTHORS¶

Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>

16.12.8. COPYING¶

Copyright (C) 2013 Steven Armstrong. 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.