Download 1 or more Files

Enjoy,

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Recipe

define download_file(
        $site="",
        $cwd="",
        $creates="",
        $require="",
        $user="") {                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                      
    exec { $name:                                                                                                                     
        command => "wget ${site}/${name}",                                                         
        cwd => $cwd,
        creates => "${cwd}/${name}",                                                              
        require => $require,
        user => $user,                                                                                                          
    }

}

Example

As part of my YumServerBuild recipe, I want to download several packages that I know my clients will leverage.

download_file { [                                                                                                                     
    "python-elementtree-1.2.6-7.el4.rf.i386.rpm",                                                                                     
    "python-sqlite-1.0.1-1.2.el4.rf.i386.rpm",                                                                                        
    "python-urlgrabber-2.9.7-1.2.el4.rf.noarch.rpm",                                                                                  
    "yum-2.4.2-0.4.el4.rf.noarch.rpm"                                                                                                 
    ]:                                                                                                                                
    site => "http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el4/en/i386/dag/RPMS",                                                                           
    cwd => "${repo_root}/dag/redhat/el4/en/i386/dag/RPMS",                                                                            
    creates => "${repo_root}/dag/redhat/el4/en/i386/dag/RPMS/$name",                                                                  
    require => File["${repo_root}/dag/redhat/el4/en/i386/dag/RPMS"],                                                                  
    user => $repo_owner,                                                                                                              
}