[augeas-devel] [Augeas] #13: Allow setting a 'current node' in augtool

[Augeas]

#13: Allow setting a 'current node' in augtool
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 Reporter:  lutter  |       Owner:  lutter  
     Type:  defect  |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  major   |   Milestone:  wishlist
Component:  Augeas  |     Version:  devel   
 Keywords:          |  
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 From Dan Berrange on the [[https://www.redhat.com/archives/augeas-
 devel/2008-August/msg00325.html mailing list]]

   Say I want to set a bunch of parameters in the libvirt config file. It
   would be something like this
 {{{
   # augtool
   set /files/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf/listen_tls 0
   set /files/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf/listen_tcp 1
   set /files/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf/auth_tcp sasl
   save
   quit
 }}}

   That's passable when only setting a few parameters, but the more I want
   to change the more tedious it becomes to repeat the long path every
 time.
   Thus I'd like to suggest that augtool gets a command to change the base
   path that it resolves against, so I could do something like

 {{{
    # augtool
    basepath /files/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
    set listen_tls 0
    set listen_tcp 1
    set auth_tcp sasl
    save
    quit
 }}}

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