Change "command:" to "shell:" if you want to use shell features like wildcards, and this should work fine.
Thanks! On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 5:56 AM, Michael Kelly <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to run a command when a file matching a regex does not exist. > > My use case is > > I am unzipping an artifact - ec2-api-tools.zip > This will unzip to a directory that includes the version number - e.g. > ec2-api-tools-1.6.13.0 > I want to check if there is a directory that matches the regex > 'ec2-api-tools-*' and only run the unzip command if it doesn't exist. > I don't want to tie the script to a particular version as it will change > over time. > > This is the approach I took - > > - name: download ec2 command line tools > command: chdir=~/tools wget > http://s3.amazonaws.com/ec2-downloads/ec2-api-tools.zipcreates=ec2-api-tools.zip > > - name: Register if ec2 directory exists > command: chdir=~/tools test -d ec2-api-tools-* > ignore_errors: True > register: ec2_tools_installed > > - name: unzip ec2-tools > command: chdir=~/tools unzip ec2-api-tools.zip > when: ec2_tools_installed.rc == 1 > > > The problem is the 'test -d ec2-api-tools-*' always fails. The command > passes fine if I run it from the machine itself. The script will work if I > change the ec2-api-tools-* to match the exact version number. > > So what I'm wondering is - > > Why does the * in the 'test -d ec2-api-tools-*' command not work > correctly? > Is there a better way of accomplishing this that I'm just not seeing? I > imagine it's a common enough use case. > > Thanks in advance, > > Michael > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/d08978c0-2ce4-4051-8daf-28d5f85596c9%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/d08978c0-2ce4-4051-8daf-28d5f85596c9%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAEVJ8QPc7WTWN9t8jTsPMdeicB_asa0wOR02POaQqnqHoc%2BxPA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
