Hi,
I've been restructuring my variables and ended up with something along the
lines of:
files:
- { src: 'a' }
- { src: 'b' }
and a role that does:
- name: x
template:
src: {{ item.src }}
...
mode: {{ item.mode|default(0755) }}
owner: {{ item.owner|default(root) }}
This allows me to easily override the ownership/mode on a single file, yet
have defaults for them if not specified, it also makes a step like this
easily exchangeable with other roles (assuming you use the same variable
structure there).
Anyway, what's problematic with such a layout is to determine whether a
given file exists in a list of other files (for example for the sake of
removing unmanaged files), think:
(Please bear in mind that I'm typing this from memory, so if I mixed up the
syntax of a module, no need to point that out, just trying to illustrate my
use-case)
- name: collect files..
shell: blah
register: found_files
- name: remove unmanaged
file:
path: {{ item }}
state: absent
with_items:
- found_files
when: item not in files
This is where it goes wrong, as files no longer is a flat list, but a list
containing a dictionary; is there an easy way to say "when: item not in
files.[*].src"? Or do I have to start using with_nested in this case
(results in quite some overhead!!).
Thanks,
Nico
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