Create files and directories

The following is a standalone policy that will create the file /home/mark/tmp/test_plain and the directory /home/mark/tmp/test_dir/ and set permissions on both.

body common control
{
bundlesequence  => { "example"  };
}


bundle agent example
{
files:

  "/home/mark/tmp/test_plain"  # Path and name of the file we wish to create

       perms => system,        # Set the permissions of the file as defined in the body "system" below
       create => "true";       # Make sure the file exists, create if not

  "/home/mark/tmp/test_dir/."  # Note the trailing "/." (this tells CFEngine it's a directory)

       perms => system,        # Set the permissions of the directory as defined in the body "system" below
       create => "true";       # Make sure the directory exists, create if not
}


body perms system
{
mode  => "0640";               # Set permissions to "0640"
}

This policy can be found in /var/cfengine/share/doc/examples/unit_create_filedir.cf.

Example output:

# cf-agent -f unit_create_filedir.cf -I
2013-06-08T14:56:26-0700     info: /example/files/'/home/mark/tmp/test_plain': Created file '/home/mark/tmp/test_plain', mode 0640
2013-06-08T14:56:26-0700     info: /example/files/'/home/mark/tmp/test_dir/.': Created directory '/home/mark/tmp/test_dir/.'
2013-06-08T14:56:26-0700     info: /example/files/'/home/mark/tmp/test_dir/.': Object '/home/mark/tmp/test_dir' had permission 0755, changed it to 0750
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