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diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/tfile.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/tfile.rb
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+Puppet::Parser::Functions::newfunction(
+  :tfile,
+  :type => :rvalue,
+  :doc => "Returns the content of a file. If the file or the path does not
+    yet exist, it will create the path and touch the file."
+) do |args|
+  raise Puppet::ParseError, 'tfile() needs one argument' if args.length != 1
+  path = args.to_a.first
+  unless File.exists?(path)
+    dir = File.dirname(path)
+    unless File.directory?(dir)
+      Puppet::Util.recmkdir(dir,0700)
+    end
+    require 'fileutils'
+    FileUtils.touch(path)
+  end
+  File.read(path)
+end