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Diffstat (limited to 'src/lib/Bcfg2/Server/FileMonitor/__init__.py')
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diff --git a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Server/FileMonitor/__init__.py b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Server/FileMonitor/__init__.py index a1ff655d0..37a2a8763 100644 --- a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Server/FileMonitor/__init__.py +++ b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Server/FileMonitor/__init__.py @@ -311,6 +311,31 @@ class FileMonitor(Debuggable): raise NotImplementedError +#: A module-level FAM object that all plugins, etc., can use. This +#: should not be used directly, but retrieved via :func:`get_fam`. +_FAM = None + +def get_fam(filemonitor='default', ignore=None, debug=False): + """ Get a filemonitor object. If :attr:`_FAM` already exists, + that will be used; if not, a new filemonitor object will be + created. + + :param filemonitor: Which filemonitor backend to use + :type filemonitor: string + :param ignore: A list of filenames to ignore + :type ignore: list of strings (filename globs) + :param debug: Produce debugging information + :type debug: bool + :returns: :class:`Bcfg2.Server.FileMonitor.FileMonitor` + """ + global _FAM # pylint: disable=W0603 + if _FAM is None: + if ignore is None: + ignore = [] + _FAM = available[filemonitor](ignore=ignore, debug=debug) + return _FAM + + #: A dict of all available FAM backends. Keys are the human-readable #: names of the backends, which are used in bcfg2.conf to select a #: backend; values are the backend classes. In addition, the |