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registryvalue
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Prototype: registryvalue(key, valueid)
Return type: string
Description: Returns the value of valueid
in the Windows registry key
key
.
This function applies only to Windows-based systems. The value is parsed as a string.
Arguments:
Example:
body common control
{
bundlesequence => { "reg" };
}
bundle agent reg
{
vars:
windows::
"value" string => registryvalue("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CFEngine AS\CFEngine","value3");
!windows::
"value" string => "Sorry, no registry data is available";
reports:
"Value extracted: $(value)";
}
Output:
R: Value extracted: Sorry, no registry data is available
Notes: Currently values of type REG_SZ
(string), REG_EXPAND_SZ
(expandable string) and REG_DWORD
(double word) are supported.