Re: iterators in copy::

[Frank Ranner]

John Gray wrote:
> iterators don't appear to work on the copy stanza?  This sure would 
> allow me to reduce the length of the stanza (I have a number of options 
> of each file, so it gets rather long).
>
> I was hoping to do something like:
>
> files = ( /etc/hosts.allow:/etc/hosts.deny:/etc/inetd.conf:...)
> $(mf)$(files)    dest=$(files)
>         mode=644
>         owner=root
>         group=root
>         type=checksum
>         server=server.domain.com
>
> then repeat this for another set of files with slightly different options.
>
> Over quite a number of files, I only use about 5 different sets of options.
>
> Did I just get the syntax wrong?  Is there another way to apply a bunch 
> options to a set of files without expanding them all out?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
I think you can do
 $(mf)/etc    dest=/etc
         include=hosts.allow
         include=hosts.deny
         include=inedt.conf
         mode=644
         recurse=1
         owner=root
         group=root
         type=checksum
         server=server.domain.com

Using include automatically excludes everything else

Frank Ranner