Re: Feature request: Ability to parse files with a custom parser

[Mark Burgess]

On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 17:05 +0100, Knut Auvor Grythe wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 01:24:40PM +0100, Knut Auvor Grythe wrote:
> > What we would like to see, is an option in copy for using a custom parser,
> > like so:
> > 
> > copy:
> >     all::
> >         /path/to/sshd_config.m4
> >             dest=/etc/ssh/sshd_config
> >             parsecmd=/local/admin/bin/m4wrap
> 
> If we implemented this and submitted a patch, would it be accepted? We
> would really like this feature, but we do not wish to become dependent
> on local patches.
> 

I think, on having read the messages more carefully, that this would be
best implemented as a method that you pass different arguments. That way
you can apply the same code piece that you origianlly sent to multiple
tasks.

 methods:

     ExpandFile(sshd_config)
     ExpandFile(ssh_config)

     # etc etc

See:http://www.cfengine.org/confdir/methods.html


Mark