I actually tend to use the copy module, like so: - copy: content="" dest=/path/to/file force=no
force=no keeps it from replacing the file when it exists and the content is different. http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/copy_module.html On Monday, December 28, 2015, Koji Tanaka <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Ansible Community, > > I'd like to create a task which ensures a file exists(if a file > doesn't exist, it should create an empty file). Now I use file > module's state=touch, but it always finishes as changed. Is there a > way to prevent it from touching when file exists? > > Best regards, > Koji > > -- > 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/CALh919ik3mAbNfXn6AwEjaK9bi%2Bg85fSgxCF4%2BWuCREJpAjjvg%40mail.gmail.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Matt Martz @sivel sivel.net -- 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/CAD8N0v-t5p7%2BA4cL%2BW%3D3Oc8kh5HQ%2BamOcu0muAWQddaoqWVD2Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
