Sorry if I wasn't clear. I am running 1.9.2 and I use command module to
execute a find on a remote system to get a list of files, then used the
file module to check the state.

Is that clearer?

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 9:13 PM Willard Dennis <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Thanks for the tip, but not running 2.0 yet... No way to do this on 1.9?
>
> On Wednesday, July 29, 2015, Craig Moynes <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Could you use the find module to get the list of matching files?  It is
>> only available in v2.0, I have previously used the command module to
>> execute a find on a remote system to get a list of files, then used the
>> file module to check the state.
>>
>> On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 2:12:35 PM UTC-4, Willard Dennis wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Trying to write a task that ensures no files matching a wildcard are
>>> present in a given directory (and if so, delete them.)
>>>
>>> I've tried the following, both of which do not work:
>>>
>>> - name: Ensure that any default 'Wired connection' entry is deleted
>>>   file: path=/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Wired* state=absent
>>>
>>>
>>> - name: Ensure that any default 'Wired connection' entry is deleted
>>>   file: path=/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/{{ item }} state=
>>> absent
>>>   with_fileglob: Wired*
>>>
>>>
>>> The first does nothing (always reports 'ok'), but the second appears to
>>> fail altogether, without an error:
>>>
>>> TASK: [laptop_netcfg | Ensure there is an NM connection entry for DHCP
>>> LAN] ***
>>> ok: [dhcp-client]
>>>
>>> TASK: [laptop_netcfg | Ensure that any default 'Wired connection' entry
>>> is deleted] ***
>>>
>>> PLAY [next_play]
>>> *****************************************************************
>>> skipping: no hosts matched
>>>
>>> Notice no task status code under the task... I take it "with_fileglob"
>>> is deprecated or something? (picked it up off an old M.DeHaan post off this
>>> mailing list...)
>>>
>>> Anyways, how would I go about doing something like this?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Will
>>>
>>

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