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 re-appear and disappear every four seconds # it will even preserve and then restore the pre-existing content! if $mod { file "/tmp/mgmt/hello" { state => $const.res.file.state.absent, # delete the file Meta:reverse => true, } }