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 || $mod1 || $mod2 || $mod3

file "/tmp/mgmt/" {
	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 => "absent", # delete the file

		Meta:reverse => true,
	}
}