You're missing things from there. You have a file{} resource for the
directory /usr/bin/data but no definition for the get-data.sh within it.
The file itself needs to be managed by puppet before you can subscribe
to it. Add a file {"/usr/bin/data/get-data.sh"} definition.
JoE wrote:
> What is interesting is that this will not work even if "get-data.sh"
> is already in "/usr/bin/data". Is this a bug?
>
> On Jan 14, 9:57 am, JoE <joehil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, that is what is actually in my file. I had to change the names
>> to protect the innocent, and I made some mistakes while doing that.
>> Here is a more accurate look at what I am working on:
>>
>> class data {
>>
>> }
>>
>> define get-data() {
>>
>> file { "/usr/bin/data":
>> ensure => directory,
>> owner => "root",
>> group => "wheel",
>> mode => "755",
>> purge => true,
>> recurse => true,
>> source => "puppet://puppet/data/bin/";
>> }
>>
>> exec { "/usr/bin/data/get-data.sh restart":
>> subscribe => File["/usr/bin/data/get-data.sh"],
>> refreshonly => true;
>> }
>>
>> }
>>
>> I also copied the wrong error message. (I really shouldn't write
>> emails at the end of the day. =P )
>>
>> warning: Not using cache on failed catalog
>> warning: Configuration could not be instantiated: Could not find
>> dependency File[/usr/bin/data/get-data.sh] for Exec[/usr/bin/data/get-
>> data.sh restart] at /usr/local/etc/puppet/modules/data/manifests/
>> init.pp:238
>>
>> So, yeah, that doesn't work.
>>
>> I tried subscribing to the directory and it does work. Though, I don't
>> necessarily want to subscribe to the directory if I can avoid it
>> because some other files in there may change and I might not want to
>> restart the script then.
>>
>> Sorry for the confusion earlier.
>>
>> On Jan 13, 5:35 pm, Dan Bode <d...@reductivelabs.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 1:24 PM, JoE <joehil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Currently I am trying to have a script run whenever a change is made
>>>> to it. Here is an example of when my configurations look like:
>>>>
>>>> file { "/usr/bin/data/":
>>>> owner => "rot",
>>>> group => "wheel",
>>>> mode => "755",
>>>> purge => true,
>>>> recurse => true,
>>>> source => "puppet://puppet/data/bin/";
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> exec { "/usr/bin/data/get-data.sh restart":
>>>> subscribe => "/usr/bin/data/get-data.sh",
>>>> refreshonly => true;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>> try with a resource reference.
>>>
>>> the syntax is:
>>>
>>> File['/usr/bin/data/get-data.sh']
>>>
>>> I am not 100% sure this will work, you may have to subscribe to the dir (let
>>> me know :)
>>>
>>>> The script is contained in /usr/bin/data/ which is managed by Puppet.
>>>> But when I try to run this I get the following error:
>>>>
>>>> err: Could not create /usr/bin/data/get_data.sh restart: Parameter
>>>> subscribe failed: Relationships must be resource references at /usr/
>>>> local/etc/puppet/modules/data/manifests/init.pp:237
>>>> warning: Not using cache on failed catalog
>>>> warning: Configuration could not be instantiated: Parameter subscribe
>>>> failed: Relationships must be resource references at /usr/local/etc/
>>>> puppet/modules/data/manifests/init.pp:23
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to have a script subscribe to itself?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for you help.
>>>>
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