POSIX: Add support for nonexistent Path entry types

Allow specification of Path entries which should not exist on the
client. This gives the user the ability to explicitly remove Path
entries if they exist on the client.

Signed-off-by: Sol Jerome <solj@ices.utexas.edu>

git-svn-id: https://svn.mcs.anl.gov/repos/bcfg/trunk/bcfg2@5464 ce84e21b-d406-0410-9b95-82705330c041

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/Client/Tools/POSIX.py b/src/lib/Client/Tools/POSIX.py
index 81471f910..d956abf3a 100644
--- a/src/lib/Client/Tools/POSIX.py
+++ b/src/lib/Client/Tools/POSIX.py
@@ -79,11 +79,17 @@ def isString(strng):
 class POSIX(Bcfg2.Client.Tools.Tool):
     '''POSIX File support code'''
     name = 'POSIX'
-    __handles__ = [('ConfigFile', None), ('Directory', None),
-                   ('Path', 'ConfigFile'), ('Path', 'Device'),
-                   ('Path', 'Directory'), ('Path', 'HardLink'),
-                   ('Path', 'Perms'), ('Path', 'SymLink'),
-                   ('Permissions', None), ('SymLink', None)]
+    __handles__ = [('ConfigFile', None),
+                   ('Directory', None),
+                   ('Path', 'ConfigFile'),
+                   ('Path', 'Device'),
+                   ('Path', 'Directory'),
+                   ('Path', 'HardLink'),
+                   ('Path', 'Perms'),
+                   ('Path', 'SymLink'),
+                   ('Path', 'nonexistent'),
+                   ('Permissions', None),
+                   ('SymLink', None)]
     __req__ = {'ConfigFile': ['name', 'owner', 'group', 'perms'],
                'Directory': ['name', 'owner', 'group', 'perms'],
                'Path': ['name', 'type'],
@@ -376,6 +382,20 @@ class POSIX(Bcfg2.Client.Tools.Tool):
                               (entry.get('name')))
             return False
 
+    def Verifynonexistent(self, entry, _):
+        '''Verify nonexistent entry'''
+        # return true if path does _not_ exist
+        return not os.path.lexists(entry.get('name'))
+
+    def Installnonexistent(self, entry):
+        '''Remove nonexistent entries'''
+        try:
+            os.remove(entry.get('name'))
+            return True
+        except OSError:
+            self.logger.error('Failed to remove %s' % entry.get('name'))
+            return False
+
     def gatherCurrentData(self, entry):
         if entry.tag == 'ConfigFile':
             try: