Sure, I'll work on the pull request. On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 1:17:42 PM UTC-5, tkuratomi wrote: > > Yeah, I just noticed that backup actually does exist on a lot of the > file-like modules. I just hadn't noticed them before. So yeah, > adding a backup parameter that does the same thing for sysctl seems > like a good idea. Could you open a pull request if you can code it or > an issue if you can't so that hte idea doesn't get lost? > > Thanks, > -Toshio > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Mzp45 <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > I was thinking an implementation along the lines of the "lineinfile" > module > > where you can edit a file and create a backup at the same time. For the > > sysctl module if you have to edit a sysctl.conf file then a backup seems > > like a good failsafe. > > > > On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 7:08:46 PM UTC-5, tkuratomi wrote: > >> > >> In general, ansible modules do not perform backups of files that they > >> modify. I'm not sure that sysctl is especially special in this > >> regard. Is there a reason you need this for sysctl but not for copy, > >> or any of the other modules? > >> > >> -Toshio > >> > >> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Mzp45 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Hello, > >> > Is there a way to create a backup of /etc/sysctl.conf when making a > >> > change > >> > using the sysctl core module? If not can this feature be added? > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > > >> > -- > >> > 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/dacf22c0-e242-4cf8-9618-6e9678485f61%40googlegroups.com. > > > >> > 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] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/d08acda3-d1d5-465e-bb0f-60d301dfca5a%40googlegroups.com. > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >
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