13.43. cdist-type__link(7)¶
13.43.1. NAME¶
cdist-type__link - Manage links (hard and symbolic)
13.43.2. DESCRIPTION¶
This cdist type allows you to manage hard and symbolic links. The given object id is the destination for the link.
13.43.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶
- source
- Specifies the link source.
- type
- Specifies the link type: Either hard or symoblic.
13.43.4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶
- state
- ‘present’ or ‘absent’, defaults to ‘present’
13.43.5. 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
13.43.6. AUTHORS¶
Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>
13.43.7. 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).