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+# common/manifests/defines/concatenated_file.pp -- create a file from snippets
+# stored in a directory
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2007 David Schmitt <david@schmitt.edv-bus.at>
+# See LICENSE for the full license granted to you.
+
+# Usage:
+# concatenated_file { "/etc/some.conf":
+# 	dir => "/etc/some.conf.d",
+# }
+define concatenated_file ( $dir, $mode = 0644, $owner = root, $group = root ) {
+	file {
+		$dir:
+			ensure => directory, checksum => mtime,
+			mode => $mode, owner => $owner, group => $group;
+		$name:
+			ensure => present, checksum => md5,
+			mode => $mode, owner => $owner, group => $group;
+	}
+
+	exec { "find ${dir} -maxdepth 1 -type f ! -name '*puppettmp' -print0 | xargs -0 cat > ${name}":
+		refreshonly => true,
+		subscribe => File[$dir],
+	}
+}
+
+