I don't have an answer, but did you verify that when you remove the tilde,
the resource applies properly? If so, this does sound like a bug of some
sort.
Rob Nelson
rnels...@gmail.com
On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 9:16 AM, Fabrice Bacchella <
fabrice.bacche...@orange.fr> wrote:
> I need a file called /etc/cron.hourly/~cronalive. I don't like the ~ but
> don't have real choice here.
>
> So I defined the following resource:
>
> file{'/etc/cron.hourly/~cronalive':
> ....
> }
>
> But if fails with:
>
> Error: Could not set 'file' on ensure: user cronalive20161110-32243-1wx31rr
> doesn't exist at .../manifests/node.pp:35
>
> I think it resolve ~cronalive using shell resolution and looks for the
> homedir of this user. Is there any work around for that ? Adding a \ create
> a file whose name starts with a \, using path =>
> '/etc/cron.hourly/~cronalive' gives the same result.
>
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