Re: Re: variable resolution problem

Xander Cage <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.cfengine.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
yes, the var is in a namespaced bundle. $(default:itsvrep_c.itsv_udate) 
doas not work either, but nevermind, i stay with sys.date.


On Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at 9:51:12 AM UTC+2 [email protected] 
wrote:

> On Mon, 2021-07-26 at 05:36 -0700, Xander Cage wrote:
> > forgot to mention using sys.date instead works as expected...
> > 
> > R: Time: Mon Jul 26 14:35:21 2021 -  Bundle: do_what_i_say - Message:
> > 
> > On Monday, July 26, 2021 at 2:23:31 PM UTC+2 Xander Cage wrote:
> > > 
> > > hey,
> > > 
> > > once again, basic principles make me struggle.
> > > 
> > > so i have this (not global) var definded somewhere in my local 
> "stdlib".
> > > 
> > > root@aixtest01: /root/cfe_testbed # /var/cfengine/bin/cf-promises 
> --show-vars | grep udate
> > > default:itsvrep_c.itsv_udate             2021-07-
> > > 26T14:20:03CEST                                      source=promise
> > > 
> > > i want to use the contents of that var to timestamp my reports.
> > > 
> > >  reports:
> > > 
> > >     "$(itsvrep_c.itsv_udate) / $(this.bundle) - Message: Path 
> contains: $(path)" ;
> > > 
> > > 
> > > boom, not working, variable unresolved...
> > > 
> > > root@aixtest01: /root/cfe_testbed # /var/cfengine/bin/cf-agent -KI -f 
> ./python_symlink_test.cf
> > > R: $(itsvrep_c.itsv_udate) / do_what_i_say - Message: Path contains:
> > > 
> > > so, how to i address this var without making it global?
> Is the variable perhaps used in a namespaced bundle/file? If that's the 
> case, you must refer to it
> as '$(default:itsvrep_c.itsv_udate)'. 'sys.' and 'this.' variables are an 
> exception and they are
> "namespace-agnostic".
>
> --
> Vratislav
>
>

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