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directories

Directories declarations consist of a number of directories to be created. Directories and files may also be checked and created using the touch option in the files actions. See files.

The form of a declaration is:
     
       directories:
     
          classes::
     
              /directory
                              mode=mode
                              owner=uid
                              group=gid
                              define=classlist
                              syslog=true/on/false/off
                              inform=true/on/false/off
     
     

For example

     
     directories:
     
       class::
     
          /usr/local/bin  mode=755 owner=root group=wheel
     
     

The form of the command is similar to that of files but this command is only used to create new directories. Valid options are mode, owner, group and are described under files See files. This interface is only for convenience. It is strictly a part of the `files' functionality and is performed together with other `files' actions at run time.

The creation of a path will fail if one of the links in the path is a plain file or device node. A list of classes may optionally be defined here if a directory is created.