you can use the 'find' module to select the files to be deleted, I have a 'tidy' role as an example: https://galaxy.ansible.com/bcoca/tidy/
On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Johannes Kastl <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > excuse the subject, I'll try to explain: > > I can tell ansible to delete all files from a certain directory, at > least I guess I can... > > But can I tell it to exclude certain files? > > I know I could use the synchronize module, which seems to be rsync in > disguise. But it seems a bit ugly, to keep around a lot of different > directories for all different hosts, where there are different files > in the directory. > > Also, using file module to delete the directory and then populating it > with file or template would report 'changed' each time. > > Any hints? > > Johannes > > -- > 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/570D3C34.6070106%40ojkastl.de > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ---------- Brian Coca -- 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/CACVha7c9tWCMbQng0SaQKnKQg6bTpmOyxQjHfQwH-x-foizuYQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
