import "datetime"
import "math"

$now = datetime.now()

# alternate every four seconds
$mod0 = math.mod($now, 8) == 0
$mod1 = math.mod($now, 8) == 1
$mod2 = math.mod($now, 8) == 2
$mod3 = math.mod($now, 8) == 3
$mod = $mod0 or $mod1 or $mod2 or $mod3

file "/tmp/mgmt/" {
	state => $const.res.file.state.exists,
}

# file should disappear and re-appear every four seconds
if $mod {
	file "/tmp/mgmt/hello" {
		content => "please say abracadabra...\n",
		state => $const.res.file.state.exists,

		Meta:reverse => true,
	}
}