dirtree

This module provides the dirtree function and resource type, both used for recursive directory management.

Usage

dirtree() function

This function accepts a string containing an absolute directory path and will return an array of the tree containing all the directories of that path.

The first parameter can also be an array of absolute directory paths, which will be transformed into an array of all trees containing all directories in the paths.

An optional second parameter can be supplied that contains a path to exclude from the resulting array. This excludes all intermediate paths between the system 'root' (i.e. '/' or 'X:') and the given exclude path as well.

Best efforts have been made to make this function compatible with both Windows and Linux systems.

Examples

dirtree('/usr/share/puppet')
Will return: ['/usr', '/usr/share', '/usr/share/puppet']

dirtree('C:\\windows\\system32\\drivers')
Will return: ["C:\\windows", "C:\\windows\\system32", "C:\\windows\\system32\\drivers"]

dirtree(['/usr/share/puppet', '/var/lib/puppet/ssl', '/var/lib/puppet/modules'])
Will return: ['/usr', '/usr/share', '/usr/share/puppet',
              '/var', '/var/lib', '/var/lib/puppet', '/var/lib/puppet/ssl',
              '/var/lib/puppet/modules']

dirtree('/usr/share/puppet', '/usr')
Will return: ['/usr/share', '/usr/share/puppet']

dirtree('/usr/share', '/usr/share/puppet')
Will return: []

dirtree('C:\\windows\\system32\\drivers', 'C:\\windows')
Will return: ['C:\\windows\\system32', 'C:\\windows\\system32\\drivers']

You can use the dirtree function in a class to enumerate all required directories if needed.

class dirtree {
  # rubysitedir = /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8
  $dirtree = dirtree("/var/lib/puppet/ssl", '/var/lib')

  # $dirtree = ['/usr/lib/puppet', '/var/lib/puppet/ssl']
  ensure_resource('file', $dirtree, {'ensure' => 'directory'})
}

dirtree resource type

This resource type will simply ensure the existence of a directory. It cannot and will not manage ownership or permissions. You should use the file resource type for that. It's simply for use in the edge case in which you must use a directory which you cannot fully manage, for one reason or another.

Examples

dirtree { 'a temp dir':
  ensure  => present,
  path    => '/tmp/foo/bar/baz',
  parents => true,
}

dirtree { 'another temp dir with the same path':
  ensure  => present,
  path    => '/tmp/foo/bar/baz',
}

file { '/tmp/foo/bar/baz':
  ensure => directory,
  owner  => 'root',
  group  => 'root',
  mode   => '0755',
}

Changes

• dirtree v0.2.2

  • Added clarification and code, that exclude path also works, if given paths are short than itself.
  • Included the dirtree resource type.
  • More robust handling of Windows path separators.

• dirtree v0.2.1

  • Added the ability to pass an array of paths. Thanks to Ben Ford

• dirtree v0.2.0

  • Added optional second parameter specifying portion of the path to exclude.

Support

Please file tickets and issues using GitHub Issues

License

Copyright 2013 Alex Cline alex.cline@gmail.com

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.