cdist-type__link(7) =================== NAME ---- cdist-type__link - Manage links (hard and symbolic) DESCRIPTION ----------- This cdist type allows you to manage hard and symbolic links. The given object id is the destination for the link. REQUIRED PARAMETERS ------------------- source Specifies the link source. type Specifies the link type: Either hard or symoblic. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS ------------------- state 'present' or 'absent', defaults to 'present' MESSAGES -------- created Link to destination was created. removed Link to destination was removed. removed (directory) Destination was removed because state is ``present`` and destination was directory. removed (wrongsource) Destination was removed because state is ``present`` and destination link source was wrong. EXAMPLES -------- .. code-block:: sh # 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 AUTHORS ------- Nico Schottelius COPYING ------- Copyright \(C) 2011-2012 Nico Schottelius. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.