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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/puppet/provider/exec/shell.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/puppet/provider/exec/shell.rb | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/exec/shell.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/exec/shell.rb index 98f309e8f..ad2171005 100644 --- a/lib/puppet/provider/exec/shell.rb +++ b/lib/puppet/provider/exec/shell.rb @@ -3,8 +3,17 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:exec).provide :shell, :parent => :posix do confine :feature => :posix - desc "Execute external binaries directly, on POSIX systems. -passing through a shell so that shell built ins are available." + desc <<-EOT + Passes the provided command through `/bin/sh`; only available on + POSIX systems. This allows the use of shell globbing and built-ins, and + does not require that the path to a command be fully-qualified. Although + this can be more convenient than the `posix` provider, it also means that + you need to be more careful with escaping; as ever, with great power comes + etc. etc. + + This provider closely resembles the behavior of the `exec` type + in Puppet 0.25.x. + EOT def run(command, check = false) command = %Q{/bin/sh -c "#{command.gsub(/"/,'\"')}"} |