Exists dir on puppet

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I want to check "if dir exists" condition with puppet how it done here How to do a file/dir exists conditional in Puppet? but then if i write

  exec { 'check_presence':
    command => "true",
    path    =>  ["/usr/bin","/usr/sbin", "/bin"],
    onlyif  => "test -d /test"
  }
  file { '/test/123':
    ensure  => directory,
    mode    => '0644',
    require => Exec['check_presence']
  }

from exec i get alwyas true, and puppet always try to create /test/123

Debug: Exec[check_presence](provider=posix): Executing check 'test -e /test'
Debug: Executing 'test -e /test'

Error: Cannot create /test/123; parent directory /test does not exist
Error: /Stage[main]/tst::test/File[/test]/ensure: change from absent to directory failed: Cannot create /test/123; parent directory /test does not exist

Why he do it?! And how i must check parent directory exists?!

My puppet is 3.8

UPD I don't want to create /test ! I want to create /test/123 ONLY if /test already exists!

The question you link to actually does have an answer that works - it's [the one by Mike Taylor](https://serverfault.com/a/851172/120438). — Jenny D, Jul 04 '17 at 08:08
Possible duplicate of [How to do a file/dir exists conditional in Puppet?](https://serverfault.com/questions/516917/how-to-do-a-file-dir-exists-conditional-in-puppet) — Jenny D, Jul 04 '17 at 08:08

l0b0 · Answer 1 · 2017-07-03T15:45:22.573

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If you don't want to create /test itself I believe you'll have to do both things in an exec:

exec { '/usr/bin/install /test/123':
  onlyif  => "/usr/bin/test -d /test"
}

Using install rather than mkdir enables setting properties like mode in the same command.

The easiest way to create parent directories is to chain files:

file { '/test':
  ensure  => directory,
  mode    => '0644',
} ->
file { '/test/123':
  ensure  => directory,
  mode    => '0644',
}

The semantics of your code simply requires the exec to "be instantiated" (that is, run) before the child directory is created. There is no optionality implied by this - true will run if /test exists, otherwise true does not run.

edited Jul 03 '17 at 15:45

answered Jul 03 '17 at 14:45

l0b0

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But i don't want to create /test ! I want create /test/123 _ONLY_ if /test already exists! – user423253 Jul 03 '17 at 14:46
in this case, where i must set `owner, group, etc`? – user423253 Jul 03 '17 at 14:51
Ok, it's work, many thanx you! But question is actual: Why puppet always return `true` in my case ? – user423253 Jul 03 '17 at 15:07
@user423253 I missed owner in the resource definition, anyway, you can put what you want – c4f4t0r Jul 04 '17 at 15:10

c4f4t0r · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-04T15:17:44.467

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puppet doesn't have one native function for this, the only workaround:

mkdir -p your_module_path/lib/puppet/parser/functions/ now you need to create this file directory_exists.rb with this code:

require 'puppet'

module Puppet::Parser::Functions
  newfunction(:directory_exists, :type => :rvalue) do |args|
    if File.directory?(args[0])
      return true
    else
      return false
    end
  end
end

Now in your puppet code, you can use the function:

if directory_exists('/test') {
  file { '/test/123':
    ensure  => directory,
    mode    => '0644',
    owner   => 'root',
    group   => 'root',
  }
}

edited Jul 04 '17 at 15:17

answered Jul 03 '17 at 15:32

c4f4t0r

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Could you please, where's i can find my_module_path? :) – user423253 Jul 03 '17 at 15:44
that was an example, We have a module called profile and the path in my puppet server is "/etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/profiles/lib/puppet/parser/functions/directory_exists.rb" – c4f4t0r Jul 03 '17 at 15:51
Thanx you too! But in my case, i must return boolean (true/false) from func, or initialize var `$var = directory_exists('/test')` and then compare it `if $var == 1 { ... }` – user423253 Jul 04 '17 at 05:22
@user423253 have you solved your problem? – c4f4t0r Jul 04 '17 at 07:46
yes, i accept this answer, thanx. – user423253 Jul 04 '17 at 12:44
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Functions run on the master, so this would only work if the code was being run in apply mode, not in agent mode – Peter Souter Jul 04 '17 at 13:38
This works partially, If I use /foo/bar/tar it fails (although the directory exists) but if I use only /foo/bar then it works :( – Miguel Ortiz Feb 19 '21 at 11:44

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