| layout | title | published |
|---|---|---|
default |
peerleaders |
true |
[%CFEngine_function_prototype(filename, regex, groupsize)%]
Description: Returns a list of partition peer leaders from a file of host names.
Given a list of host names in filename, one per line, and excluding
comment lines starting with the [unanchored][unanchored] regular
expression regex, CFEngine partitions the host list into groups of
up to groupsize. Each group's peer leader is the first host in the
group.
So given groupsize 2 and the file
a
b
c
# this is a comment d
e
The peer leaders will be a and c.
The current host name does not need to belong to this file. If it's
found (fully qualified or unqualified), the string localhost is used
instead of the host name.
The comment field is a multiline regular expression and will strip out
unwanted patterns from the file being read, leaving unstripped characters to be
split into fields. Using the empty string ("") indicates no comments.
[%CFEngine_function_attributes(filename, regex, groupsize)%]
groupsize must be between 2 and 64 to avoid nonsensical promises.
Example:
Prepare:
[%CFEngine_include_snippet(peerleaders.cf, #+begin_src prep, .*end_src)%]
Run:
[%CFEngine_include_snippet(peerleaders.cf, #+begin_src cfengine3, .*end_src)%]
Output:
[%CFEngine_include_snippet(peerleaders.cf, #+begin_src\s+example_output\s*, .*end_src)%]