4) I have a file symbolic link E:\folder\link.exe pointing to an exe file
and this link is not actively in use by a process. So when i use
win_stat: path="E:\folder\link.exe"
i get an answer that it does not exist.
"msg": {
"changed": false,
"stat": {
"exists": false
}
}
But when i use:
win_stat: path="E:\\folder\\link.exe"
I get a proper result.
Probably related to the above questions, but *what is the proper syntax to
specify a path here ?*
On Wednesday, 16 March 2016 15:26:05 UTC+5:30, ishan jain wrote:
>
> 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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