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Diffstat (limited to 'manifests/defines/replace.pp')
| -rw-r--r-- | manifests/defines/replace.pp | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/manifests/defines/replace.pp b/manifests/defines/replace.pp index a7a59b8..c9a98bd 100644 --- a/manifests/defines/replace.pp +++ b/manifests/defines/replace.pp @@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ # creating a template is often better than this hack. # # This define uses perl regular expressions. +# +# Use this only for very trivial stuff. Usually replacing the whole file is a +# more stable solution with less maintenance headaches afterwards. # # Usage: # @@ -20,12 +23,12 @@ # To replace the current port in /etc/munin/munin-node.conf # with a new port, but only disturbing the file when needed: # -# replace { set_munin_node_port: -# file => "/etc/munin/munin-node.conf", -# pattern => "^port (?!$port)[0-9]*", -# replacement => "port $port" -# } - +# replace { +# set_munin_node_port: +# file => "/etc/munin/munin-node.conf", +# pattern => "^port (?!$port)[0-9]*", +# replacement => "port $port" +# } define replace($file, $pattern, $replacement) { $pattern_no_slashes = regsubst($pattern, '/', '\\/', 'G', 'U') $replacement_no_slashes = regsubst($replacement, '/', '\\/', 'G', 'U') |