NAME

       cdist-type__link - Manage links (hard and symbolic)

DESCRIPTION

       This  cdist type allows you to manage hard and symbolic links.  The given object id is the
       destination for the link.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

       source Specifies the link source.

       type   Specifies the link type: Either hard or symbolic.

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

       state  'present' or 'absent', defaults to 'present'

MESSAGES

       created <destination>
              Link to destination was created.

       removed <destination>
              Link to destination was removed.

       removed <destination> (directory)
              Destination was removed because state is present and destination was directory.

       removed <destination> (wrongsource)
              Destination was removed because state is present and destination  link  source  was
              wrong.

EXAMPLES

          # Create hard link of /etc/shadow
          __link /root/shadow --source /etc/shadow --type hard

          # Relative symbolic link
          __link /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/www.test.ch   \
             --source ../sites-available/www.test.ch      \
             --type symbolic

          # Absolute symbolic link
          __link /opt/plone --source /home/services/plone --type symbolic

          # Remove link
          __link /opt/plone --state absent

AUTHORS

       Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>

COPYING

       Copyright  (C)  2011-2012 Nico Schottelius. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under
       the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software  Foundation,
       either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

COPYRIGHT

       ungleich GmbH 2021