my_state_file.sls:
hdfs-tmpdir-absent:
  module.run:
    - name: hadoop.dfs_absent
    - path: /tmp_salt




Running state.sls my_state_file return:

          ID: hdfs-tmpdir-absent
    Function: module.run
        Name: hadoop.dfs_absent
      Result: True
     Comment: Module function hadoop.dfs_absent executed
     Changes:



Running the execution from command line:

[root@hd-qa-apps1 salt]# salt-call hadoop.dfs_absent /tmp_salt; echo $?
[INFO    ] Executing command 'hdfs dfs -stat /tmp_salt' in directory '/root'
[INFO    ] output: 2014-06-20 01:01:05
local:
    False
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