Thanks! For some reason I was stuck on using exclusively handlers or registered variables. Using them in combination is definitely the way to go. -C
On Monday, February 1, 2016 at 7:04:25 PM UTC-8, Colin Byrne wrote: > > Hey, so I have the following sequence where I first register a variable, > then want to evaluate stats from it later but I want the stats from when > the variable was first created. What is the best way to do this? > > I could see registering a second variable immedeatly that evaulates > properties of the variable that was just registered, but it doesn't seem > too 'clean' of a method. > > What I am trying to do here is register a variable about a directory path, > and only 'mysql_install_db' if that directory doesn't exist. However, I > have to create that directory at some point, so by the time I run > 'mysql_install_db' that 'p.stat.isdir' will evaluate to true every time, > even if it didn't exist a second ago. So I somehow need to define and cache > a variable one step ahead. > > > - stat: path=/mnt/mysql > register: p > > > - name: Create /mnt/mysql directory for database > file: > path: /mnt/mysql > state: directory > mode: 0750 > owner: mysql > group: mysql > > > - name: Install mysql database in atypical datadir > > command: mysql_install_db --user=mysql --datadir=/mnt/mysql > when: p.stat.isdir is defined and p.stat.isdir == False > > Thanks for any help. It is greatly appriciated! > > -- 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/25a2730e-3f55-4218-b47c-5f153b9ad640%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
