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CDIST-TYPE__CLEAN_PATH(7) cdist CDIST-TYPE__CLEAN_PATH(7)

cdist-type__clean_path - Remove files and directories which match the pattern.

Remove files and directories which match the pattern.

Provided path must be a directory.

Patterns are passed to find's -regex - see find(1) for more details.

Look up of files and directories is non-recursive (-maxdepth 1).

Parent directory is excluded (-mindepth 1).

This type is not POSIX compatible (sorry, Solaris users).

Pattern of files which are removed from path.

Path which will be cleaned. Defaults to $__object_id.
Pattern of files which are excluded from removal.
The code to run if files or directories were removed.

__clean_path /etc/apache2/conf-enabled \


    --pattern '.+' \


    --exclude '.+\(charset\.conf\|security\.conf\)' \


    --onchange 'service apache2 restart'
__clean_path apache2-conf-enabled \


    --path /etc/apache2/conf-enabled \


    --pattern '.+' \


    --exclude '.+\(charset\.conf\|security\.conf\)' \


    --onchange 'service apache2 restart'


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February 7, 2021 6.9.4