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authorKen Barber <ken@bob.sh>2011-04-29 09:27:10 +0200
committerKen Barber <ken@bob.sh>2011-04-30 15:59:31 +0200
commit99a93d366f2e1efb977fcc8fe300d3d8357c8214 (patch)
treefab7510323f123c83da6d7c6cae4fe9e3f2f1e27 /lib/puppet/parser/functions/random_crontab_minutes.rb
parent781a8720577d0cafe2147f3a1b938db7bec31789 (diff)
Convert to module format.
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+#
+# random_crontab_minutes.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+ newfunction(:random_crontab_minutes, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+ EOS
+ ) do |arguments|
+
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, "Wrong number of arguments " +
+ "given (#{arguments.size} for 2)") if arguments.size < 2
+
+ require 'md5'
+
+ job_name = arguments[0]
+ host = arguments[1]
+
+ #
+ # Pick a random number based on the job and host name. This will yield
+ # the same value for exactly the same combination of the job and host name.
+ #
+ value = MD5.new(job_name + host).to_s.hex % 60
+
+ # Minutes are from 0 to 59 inclusive ...
+ value = value < 60 ? value : 59
+
+ return value
+ end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :