2 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type.rb b/lib/puppet/type.rb
index 13caf1973..320aa83a0 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type.rb
@@ -2673,5 +2673,6 @@ require 'puppet/type/symlink'
 require 'puppet/type/user'
 require 'puppet/type/tidy'
 require 'puppet/type/parsedtype'
+require 'puppet/type/notify'
 
 # $Id$
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/notify.rb b/lib/puppet/type/notify.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f00d5eb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/notify.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#
+# Simple module for logging messages on the client-side
+#
+
+module Puppet
+  newtype(:notify) do
+    @doc = "Sends an arbitrary message to the puppetd run-time log."
+
+    #
+    # This state
+    #
+    newstate(:message) do
+      desc "The message to be sent to the log."
+      def sync
+        Puppet::info(self.should)
+        return
+      end
+    
+      def retrieve
+        return
+      end
+      
+      def insync?
+        false
+      end
+      
+    end
+    
+    newparam(:name) do
+      desc "An arbitrary reference tag; the name of the message."
+      isnamevar
+    end
+    
+  end
+end
+
+# $Id:$
+\ No newline at end of file