I am trying to gather custom facts for a windows 2012 R2 server while
avoiding to write powershell scripts. win_stat is something that can
apparently be very useful to me but i am getting confused about its exact
behavior.
I have a file structure like this:
E:\
E:\link1
E:\folder\link2
E:\folder\link2\some_dir\link3.jar
Link1 and 2 are directory symbolic links and link3 is a file symbolic link
and is currently active in a java process. I am trying to check if these
links exists or not via this kink of script:
---
- hosts: windows
tasks:
- name: check symbolic links
win_stat: path=E:\link1
register: result
ignore_errors: yes
- debug: msg="{{result}}"
I expect to check something like result.stats.attributes == ReparsePoint to
see if this indeed is a symlink. But i am getting some varied results when
i execute the script for the above folder structure which are listed below.
I will try to mark my questions with a number.
1) First question, is this a good solution to check for directory n file
symbolic link or is there a better one ?
2) Problem with the reporting of directory symbolic link
win_stat: path=E:\link1
or
win_stat: path=E:\link1\
or
win_stat: path="E:\link1"
These statements, when the symlink is at the root level of a drive, gives
me an error that this link does not exist while it is there:
"msg": {
"changed": false,
"stat": {
"exists": false
}
}
When i change it to:
win_stat: path="E:\\test"
It works perfectly fine with output:
"msg": {
"changed": false,
"stat": {
"attributes": "Directory, ReparsePoint",
"creationtime": 1458045768.6789002,
"exists": true,
"extension": "",
"isdir": true,
"lastaccesstime": 1458045768.6789002,
"lastwritetime": 1458045768.6789002,
"owner": "BUILTIN\\Administrators"
}
}
While the similar statements for the directory symlink inside a folder
win_stat: path=E:\folder\link2
or
win_stat: path="E:\folder\link2"
or
win_stat: path="E:\\folder\\link2"
or
win_stat: path=E:\\folder\\link2
or
win_stat: path=E:\folder\\link2 (notice only one \\)
They all seems to be working fine. *So what exactly is the syntax here so
that it will work at all levels ?*
3) Problems with file symbolic links that are in use
For the statements:
win_stat: path=E:\folder\link2\some_dir\link3.jar
I get the following error because the file is actively in use:
"msg": {
"changed": false,
"exception": "At
C:\\Users\\Ishan\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ansible-tmp-1458122016.24-112690440585191\\win_stat.ps1:231
char:9\r\n+ $fp = [System.IO.File]::Open($path,
[System.IO.Filemode]::Open, [System. ...\r\n+
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~",
"failed": true,
"msg": "Exception calling \"Open\" with \"3\" argument(s): \"The
process cannot access the file 'E:\\folder\\link2\\some_dir\\link3.jar'
because it is being used by another process.\""
}
*How can i make sure that the file link in use can at least be read so that
i can know more about it ?*
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