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diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/file_line.rb b/lib/puppet/type/file_line.rb
index 7b7d44e..e82b246 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/file_line.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/file_line.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,22 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:file_line) do
followed by HTTP_PROXY and delete it. If multiple lines match, an
error will be raised unless the `multiple => true` parameter is set.
+ Encoding example:
+
+ file_line { "XScreenSaver":
+ ensure => present,
+ path => '/root/XScreenSaver'
+ line => "*lock: 10:00:00",
+ match => '^*lock:',
+ encoding => "iso-8859-1",
+ }
+
+ Files with special characters that are not valid UTF-8 will give the
+ error message "invalid byte sequence in UTF-8". In this case, determine
+ the correct file encoding and specify the correct encoding using the
+ encoding attribute, the value of which needs to be a valid Ruby character
+ encoding.
+
**Autorequires:** If Puppet is managing the file that will contain the line
being managed, the file_line resource will autorequire that file.
EOT
@@ -107,6 +123,11 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:file_line) do
defaultto true
end
+ newparam(:encoding) do
+ desc 'For files that are not UTF-8 encoded, specify encoding such as iso-8859-1'
+ defaultto 'UTF-8'
+ end
+
# Autorequire the file resource if it's being managed
autorequire(:file) do
self[:path]