1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions.rb
index 0b94ca76e..cef694b85 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions.rb
@@ -231,6 +231,27 @@ module Functions
             add_namespace(val)
         end
     end
+
+    newfunction(:file, :type => :rvalue,
+        :doc => "Return the contents of a file.  Multiple files
+        can be passed, and the first file that exists will be read in.") do |vals|
+            ret = nil
+            vals.each do |file|
+                unless file =~ /^#{File::SEPARATOR}/
+                    raise Puppet::ParseError, "Files must be fully qualified"
+                end
+                if FileTest.exists?(file)
+                    ret = File.read(file)
+                    break
+                end
+            end
+            if ret
+                ret
+            else
+                raise Puppet::ParseError, "Could not find any files from %s" %
+                    vals.join(", ")
+            end
+    end
 end
 end