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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/puppet')
| -rwxr-xr-x | lib/puppet/type/file/checksum.rb | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/file/checksum.rb b/lib/puppet/type/file/checksum.rb index 785ed0fee..82fae748c 100755 --- a/lib/puppet/type/file/checksum.rb +++ b/lib/puppet/type/file/checksum.rb @@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:file).newproperty(:checksum) do like Tripwire without managing the file contents in any way. You can specify that a file's checksum should be monitored and then subscribe to the file from another object and receive events to signify - checksum changes, for instance." + checksum changes, for instance. + + There are a number of checksum types available including MD5 hashing (and + an md5lite variation that only hashes the first 500 characters of the + file." @event = :file_changed |