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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3b69d09 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.rst @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +Facter +====== + +This package is largely meant to be a library for collecting facts about your +system. These facts are mostly strings (i.e., not numbers), and are things +like the output of ``uname``, public ssh and cfengine keys, the number of +processors, etc. + +See ``bin/facter`` for an example of the interface. + +Running Facter +++++++++++++++ + +Run the ``facter`` binary on the command for a full list of facts supported on your host. + +Adding your own facts ++++++++++++++++++++++ + +See the `Adding Facts`_ wiki page for details of how to add your own custom facts to Facter. + +Further Information ++++++++++++++++++++ + +See http://reductivelabs.com/projects/facter/ for more details. + +.. _Adding Facts: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/AddingFacts |