directories

Directories declarations consist of a number of directories to be created. Directories and files may also be checked and created using the touch option in the files actions. See section files.

The form of a declaration is:

  directories:

     classes::

         /directory 
                         mode=mode 
                         owner=uid
                         group=gid
                         define=classlist
                         syslog=true/on/false/off
                         inform=true/on/false/off

For example

directories:

  class::

     /usr/local/bin  mode=755 owner=root group=wheel

The form of the command is similar to that of files but this command is only used to create new directories. Valid options are mode, owner, group and are described under files See section files. This interface is only for convenience. It is strictly a part of the `files' functionality and is performed together with other `files' actions at run time.

The creation of a path will fail if one of the links in the path is a plain file or device node. A list of classes may optionally be defined here if a directory is created.

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