Resource Type: prepend_file_line

Defined in:

lib/puppet/type/prepend_file_line.rb

Providers:

ruby

Overview

Type that can prepend whole a line to a file if it does not already contain it.

Example:

file_prepend_line { ‘sudo_rule’:

path => '/etc/sudoers',
line => '%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL',

}

Properties

• ensure (defaults to: present)

  Has no effect, items are only added to files

  Supported values:

  • present

Parameters

• line

  The line to be prepended to the path.

• name (namevar)

  arbitrary name used as identity

• path

  File to possibly prepend a line to.

• provider

  The specific backend to use for this ‘prepend_file_line` resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.