How do I define the directory in init.pp?

Question

My init.pp looks like below:

class checkout {
 file { '/etc/example/test/testcv.sh':
ensure   => present,
owner => 'root',
mode => '0755',
content => template('checkout/testcv.sh.erb')
}
}

What this does is, copies testcv.sh to my /etc/example/test/ in all my hosts automatically. But if I have to copy the directory to the certain location what resource type should I use? I tried replacing file with "dir" but it didn't work.

I think this may be a semi-duplicate of your other question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36069655/how-to-secure-copy-using-puppet — ptierno, Mar 21 '16 at 23:25
You are right. I asked both questions. I will delete this. Update: Couldn't delete because it has been answered. — James, Mar 22 '16 at 00:42
may want to except it as the answer then ;) (assuming it answered your question) — ptierno, Mar 22 '16 at 01:19

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '16 at 23:33

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The file resource is also used to create directories by changing the ensure parameter to directory.

file { '/etc/example/test':
  ensure => directory
  ...
  ...
}

answered Mar 18 '16 at 23:33

ptierno

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How do I define the directory in init.pp?

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