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A program running on the node has an internal counter. define mytype ( String foo = undef, Integer maxcount = undef, ) { file { $title: […] content => "${foo}\n${maxcount}\n", } exec { $title: command => [… reset internal counter command …], refreshonly => true, } } How do I make my defined type automatically fire my reset counter command? If `$foo` changes, I do not have to reset the counter. It doesn't harm though. It is just unnecessary. Making a direct `~>` from `file` to `exec` is not what I want. I could introduce a dummy defined type, having `$maxcount` as a parameter, doing noting else, but `audit => ['maxcount']` and get notifications from the dummy type. define mydummy ( Integer maxcount = undef, ) { } define mytype ( String foo = undef, Integer maxcount = undef, ) { file { $title: [… as above …] } mydummy { $title: maxcount => $maxcount, audit => ['maxcount'], } exec { $title: [… as above …] } Mydummy[$title] ~> Exec[$title] } However, that's not nice. Is there some other way, to solve this? PS: No, I do not have to catch the situation, someone locally edited the maxcount line.

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