file "/tmp/some_dir/" { state => "exists", #source => "", # this default means empty directory recurse => true, purge => true, } file "/tmp/some_dir/fileA" { state => "exists", content => "i am fileA\n", } file "/tmp/some_dir/fileB" { state => "exists", content => "i am fileB\n", } file "/tmp/some_dir/fileC" { state => "exists", content => "i am fileC\n", }