Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: filecopy, transform with grep. Author: neilhwatson Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,22985,23010#msg-23010
The transformer and grep combo is not convergent. The grep command is applied and the file is rewritten every time whether it is required or not. Cfengine is about making promises that are kept such that if a promise is already kept then do nothing. I agree that promises that edit files can be complicated but they are cheaper than the proposed transformer. The edit promise will look at the file, determine if an edit is required and only take action if required. This is one of the main advantages of Cfengine of traditional scripting. _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list [email protected] https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
