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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/puppet/type/pfile.rb | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/pfile.rb b/lib/puppet/type/pfile.rb index f8f897017..403f6b4b7 100644 --- a/lib/puppet/type/pfile.rb +++ b/lib/puppet/type/pfile.rb @@ -855,8 +855,11 @@ module Puppet @paramdoc[:recurse] = "Whether and how deeply to do recursive management. **false**/*true*/*inf*/*number*" - @paramdoc[:ignore] = "A parameter which omits action on files matching specified - patterns during recursion i.e. .svn, *.ini" + @paramdoc[:ignore] = "A parameter which omits action on files matching + specified patterns during recursion. Uses Ruby's builtin globbing + engine, so shell metacharacters are fully supported, e.g. ``[a-z]*``. + Matches that would descend into the directory structure are ignored, + e.g., ``*/*``." #no longer a parameter # @paramdoc[:source] = "Where to retrieve the contents of the files. |