Re: filters and tidy

[Mark . Burgess]

I just tested your example on a directory and it worked fine. Are you
sure that there isn't something else wrong?

Mark

On  6 Jan, Robert Shaw wrote:
> Mark,
> 
> Well, that almost worked. It got rid of the "Illegal attribute" error 
> on the tidy command, but it doesn't actually delete anything now when 
> I have links present in the directory.
> 
> I've attached a test-case (stripped down from my original file) that 
> exhibits the problem. Basically, I'm trying to make sure there are no 
> links in a particular directory hierarchy (/etc/cfengine in this 
> example). When I create links in the /etc/cfengine hierarchy that 
> point to valid items, it just doesn't delete them with the code patch 
> you gave me. Without the patch, the command dies and gives that 
> "Illegal attribute" error.
> 
> Please let me know what you find out. I really need to get this 
> problem fixed (or at least a viable work-around), as I want to run 
> this type of check for many other directories that I don't want links 
> to appear in.
> 
> Thanks for all your help on this!!!
> -Robert
> 
> 
> At 4:32 PM +0100 1/6/2001, address@hidden wrote:
>>On  6 Jan, Robert Shaw wrote:
>>>
>>>  I think I may have found a bug with the tidy action using filters. I
>>>  tried the following:
>>>
>>>  filters:
>>>
>>>   { badlinks
>>>     Type: "link"
>>>     Result: "Type"
>>>   }
>>>
>>>  tidy:
>>>
>>>   /mydir    pattern=* recurse=inf age=0 filter=badlinks
>>>
>>>
>>>  Basically, I want to make sure no links exist in a particular
>>>  directory. This seemed the logical way to do it. However, with the
>>>  above code it complains about the tidy action having an "Invalid
>>>  attribute specified on tidy action.".
>>>
>>>  Am I doing something wrong? Or is this a bug. I'm running the following:
>>>
>>>  Solaris 2.6
>>>  cfengine 1.6.1
>>>
>>>  Any ideas? If anyone knows a better way to achieve what I'm trying to
>>>  do, please let me know.
>>>
>>>  Thanks,
>>>  -Robert
>>
>>
>>You're right, this seems to have slipped through the net. Everything was
>>in place,except for the actual installation! :) Please replace the
>>following files in src of 1.6.1 and recompile. LEt me know if this
>>goes well.
>>
>>M
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>>Attachment converted: Wheezy:install.c (TEXT/R*ch) (00095332)
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