I don't have any experience of using symlinks on windows, but my advice for
construction windows paths (assuming you are using ansible 2.0 or later)
is...
1/ If you need to double quote your path names, then always use double
backslash for the path separator
So
win_stat: "path=E:\\folder\\link.exe"
2/ I would also advise using the 'yaml style' way of supplying module
parameters, rather than using the key=value style, if only because 'yaml
style' makes you put 1 parameter per line, which often means you don't need
to use any quotes at all for hard-coded windows paths:
So like this (yaml style parameter)
win_stat:
path: E:\folder\link.exe
Hope this helps,
Jon
On Wednesday, 16 March 2016 10:01:39 UTC, ishan jain wrote:
>
> 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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