cdist-type__link(7)


Table of Contents

1. NAME
2. DESCRIPTION
3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS
4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
5. EXAMPLES
6. SEE ALSO
7. COPYING

1. NAME

cdist-type__link - Manage links (hard and symbolic)

2. DESCRIPTION

This cdist type allows you to manage hard and symbolic links. The given object id is the destination for the link.

3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS

source
Specifies the link source.
type
Specifies the link type: Either hard or symoblic.

4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

state
present or absent, defaults to present

5. EXAMPLES

# Create hard link of /etc/shadow
__link /root/shadow --source /etc/shadow --type hard

# Relative symbolic link
__link /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/www.test.ch   \
   --source ../sites-available/www.test.ch      \
   --type symbolic

# Absolute symbolic link
__link /opt/plone --source /home/services/plone --type symbolic

# Remove link
__link /opt/plone --state absent

6. SEE ALSO

  • cdist-type(7)

7. COPYING

Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).