Method: Puppet::Network::Handler::FileServer#describe

Defined in:
lib/vendor/puppet/network/handler/fileserver.rb

#describe(url, links = :follow, client = nil, clientip = nil) ⇒ Object

Describe a given file. This returns all of the manageable aspects of that file.



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# File 'lib/vendor/puppet/network/handler/fileserver.rb', line 69

def describe(url, links = :follow, client = nil, clientip = nil)
  links = links.intern if links.is_a? String

  mount, path = convert(url, client, clientip)

  mount.debug("Describing #{url} for #{client}") if client

  # use the mount to resolve the path for us.
  return "" unless full_path = mount.file_path(path, client)

  metadata = Puppet::FileServing::Metadata.new(url, :path => full_path, :links => links)

  return "" unless metadata.exist?

  begin
    metadata.collect
  rescue => detail
    puts detail.backtrace if Puppet[:trace]
    Puppet.err detail
    return ""
  end

  metadata.attributes_with_tabs
end