Thanks, Michael. It looks like with_fileglob() only shows files, not
directories, so that wouldn't work for me.
I'm testing a workaround using "find" or "ls", then split() to grab <b>,
<c>, and <d>. It would be nice to pass <b> and <c> as arguments to a task
using the synchronize module.
On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 5:18:21 PM UTC-5, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>
> So there's already "with_fileglob" in Ansible
>
> - debug: msg={{ path }}
> with_fileglob: /path/to/files/*/*.tgz
>
> This isn't recursive however, despite being able to specify multiple
> directories to read.
>
> It would be possible to make a lookup plugin that was, like a
> "with_fileglob_recursive" that used the results of something like
> os.path.walk.
>
> So basically yes, you need a new one.
>
> With_nested is for constructing nested loops and is something a bit
> different.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Bill Lubanovic <[email protected]
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> I'd like to walk a directory hierarchy of the form <a>/<b>/<c>/<d>. <a>
>> is a fixed root directory, and isn't relevant. I have a number of <b>
>> directories, which represent machine categories. Under each <b> are zero or
>> more <c> directories, which are string values for that category. Finally,
>> <d> is a directory hierarchy to copy to machines that match the parent
>> <b>/<c> combination. For example:
>>
>> /tmp/test/color/red/etc/passwd
>> /tmp/test/color/green/etc/motd
>> /tmp/test/flavor/cinnamon/var/something
>>
>> <a> here is /tmp/test. There are two <b> categories (color and flavor):
>> the first (color) has two <c> subdirectories (red and green) and the second
>> (flavor) has one (cinnamon). Each <c> has a different <d> (file hierarchy)
>> to be copied to machines that match <b>/<c>.
>>
>> How do I walk each <b>, passing its value, its <c> subdirectories, and
>> their <d> subdirectories to a task? I need to consider <b> and <c> together
>> with other vars and facts (machine "colors" and "flavors") to pick target
>> destinations for <d>.
>>
>> I've looked at the various loop constructs, and see how to chain with
>> register, but not how to populate the lists for with_nested.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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