[augeas-devel] Unique numbered labels in indexes

[Matt Palmer]

A few days ago David wrote:

> The best way to get unique labels when Augeas autgenerates numbered
> labels (i.e., uses 'seq' in the lens) is to use labels that start with
> '0', i.e. '01', '02' etc.

As lovely as that is, what about all those times when I'm dealing with an
entry that *doesn't* use seq (such as the sudoers lens)?  I just tried the
zero-padding:

set /files/etc/sudoers/spec[01]/user root
[...]

And overwrote an existing entry (specifically, .../spec[1]).  D'oh!  So, am
I going back to 100000, or is there a separate magic trick for indexes?


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