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NAME

       puppet-file - Retrieve and store files in a filebucket

SYNOPSIS

       puppet file action [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH]

DESCRIPTION

       This  subcommand  interacts  with  objects  stored  in  a local or remote filebucket. File
       objects are accessed by their MD5 sum; see the examples for the relevant syntax.

OPTIONS

       Note that any configuration parameter that´s valid in the configuration  file  is  also  a
       valid  long  argument,  although  it may or may not be relevant to the present action. For
       example, server and run_mode are  valid  configuration  parameters,  so  you  can  specify
       --server <servername>, or --run_mode <runmode> as an argument.

       See           the           configuration          file          documentation          at
       http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/configuration.html  for  the  full  list   of
       acceptable parameters. A commented list of all configuration options can also be generated
       by running puppet with --genconfig.

       --render-as FORMAT
              The format in which to render output. The most common formats are json, s (string),
              yaml, and console, but other options such as dot are sometimes available.

       --verbose
              Whether to log verbosely.

       --debug
              Whether to log debug information.

       --extra HASH
              A  terminus can take additional arguments to refine the operation, which are passed
              as an arbitrary hash to the back-end. Anything passed as the extra  value  is  just
              send direct to the back-end.

       --terminus TERMINUS
              Indirector  faces expose indirected subsystems of Puppet. These subsystems are each
              able to retrieve and alter a specific type of data (with the  familiar  actions  of
              find, search, save, and destroy) from an arbitrary number of pluggable backends. In
              Puppet parlance, these backends are called terminuses.

              Almost all indirected subsystems have a  rest  terminus  that  interacts  with  the
              puppet  master´s  data.  Most  of them have additional terminuses for various local
              data models, which are in turn used by  the  indirected  subsystem  on  the  puppet
              master whenever it receives a remote request.

              The  terminus  for an action is often determined by context, but occasionally needs
              to be set explicitly. See the "Notes" section  of  this  face´s  manpage  for  more
              details.

ACTIONS

       destroy - Invalid for this subcommand.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet file destroy [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] key

              DESCRIPTION

              Invalid for this subcommand.

       download - Download a file into the local filebucket.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet  file  download  [--terminus  TERMINUS]  [--extra  HASH]  (  {md5}checksum |
              puppet_url )

              DESCRIPTION

              Downloads a file from the puppet master´s filebucket and duplicates it in the local
              filebucket.  This action´s checksum syntax differs from find´s, and it can accept a
              <puppet:///> URL.

              RETURNS

              Nothing.

       find - Retrieve a file from the filebucket.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet file find [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] md5/md5sum

              DESCRIPTION

              Retrieve a file from the filebucket.

              RETURNS

              The file object with the specified checksum.

              RENDERING ISSUES: Rendering as a string returns the contents of  the  file  object;
              rendering  as  yaml  returns  a hash of metadata about said file, including but not
              limited to its contents. Rendering as json is currently broken, and returns a  hash
              containing only the contents of the file.

       info - Print the default terminus class for this face.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet file info [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH]

              DESCRIPTION

              Prints  the  default  terminus  class  for this subcommand. Note that different run
              modes may have different default termini; when in doubt, specify the run mode  with
              the ´--run_mode´ option.

       save - API only: create or overwrite an object.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet file save [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] key

              DESCRIPTION

              API  only: create or overwrite an object. As the Faces framework does not currently
              accept data from STDIN, save actions cannot currently be invoked from  the  command
              line.

       search - Invalid for this subcommand.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet file search [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] query

              DESCRIPTION

              Invalid for this subcommand.

       store - Store a file in the local filebucket.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet file store [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] file

              DESCRIPTION

              Store a file in the local filebucket.

              RETURNS

              Nothing.

EXAMPLES

       download

       Download a file by URL:

       $ puppet file download puppet:///modules/editors/vim/.vimrc

       Download a file by MD5 sum:

       $ puppet file download {md5}8f798d4e754db0ac89186bbaeaf0af18

       find

       Retrieve the contents of a file:

       $ puppet file find md5/9aedba7f413c97dc65895b1cd9421f2c --render-as s

       store

       Store a file:

       $ puppet file store /root/.bashrc

NOTES

       To  retrieve  the  unmunged  contents  of  a  file, you must call find with --render-as s.
       Rendering as yaml will return a hash of metadata about the file, including its contents.

       This subcommand does not interact with the clientbucketdir (the default  local  filebucket
       for  puppet  agent); it interacts with the primary "master"-type filebucket located in the
       bucketdir. If you wish to interact with puppet agent´s default filebucket, you´ll need  to
       set the --bucketdir option appropriately when invoking actions.

       This  subcommand  is  an  indirector  face,  which exposes find, search, save, and destroy
       actions for an indirected subsystem of Puppet. Valid termini for this face include:

       •   filerestselector

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2011 by Puppet Labs Apache 2 license; see COPYING