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Within a files: section you can reference the following body parts and items. Body parts (i.e., compound bodies) are links that open to show all of their components.
| Directive | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| changes | body | Determine how changes are detected to the applicable file(s). |
| copy_from | body | Copy file(s) locally or from a server. |
| create | menu item true/false | Whether to create the file.files:
"/path/plain_file"
create => "true";
|
| delete | body | Delete local file(s). |
| depth_search | body | Controls recursion, exclusions, &c. |
| edit_line | bundle | Specifications of how to edit a file. |
| edit_xml | bundle | On-line ref manual has no data on this. |
| edit_defaults | body | Sets options to apply to editing. |
| file_select | body | Specifications for choosing sets of files. |
| link_from | body | Create a symbolic link to a file |
| move_obstructions | menu option true/false | Whether to move any target item that is blocking an operation. |
| pathtype | menu option literal/regex/guess | Is the path spec literal or a regex? Default is guess, but specifying will reduce CPU cycles. |
| perms | body | Specify permission attributes of a file. |
| rename | body | Parameters controlling the renaming of a file. |
| repository | string | Name of a repository for versioning. files: "/path/file" copy_from => source, repository => "/var/cfengine/repository"; |
| touch | menu option true/false | Touch time stamp. files: "/path/file" touch => "true"; |
| transformer | string | A command to execute to transform the file to something else (e.g., Sendmail newaliases command is used to transform the aliases file after it is edited). |