Hi,
I'm just starting out with Ansible, and I probably haven't yet read all the
docs I should, but I'm trying, so bear with me.
I have a simple play:
- name: test
file:
path: "/path/to/file"
owner: username
group: usergroup
mode: 0644
follow: yes
My problem is that while this is sometimes a file and sometimes a link to
another file, it is also sometimes a broken symlink (literally to "None" in
my case, how that happens is another problem), and my play stops short (in
check mode!) saying that I need to specify "force" to create the
destination.
I do not want to create the destination (especially since it's "None"); if
the symlink is broken I would like to replace it with an empty file (or
maybe a template), unless I'm in check mode when I should simply note that
a correction should be made.
Googling ansible and broken symlink didn't help me, so I started out with
the stat module, and conditionals on the values and success of stat, asking
myself if stat.originalfile is the destination of the link, and if I should
use that or do two stats on the file, one with follow and one without, and
when I was on my fourth task I decided to ask you all whether there's a
simpler way :)
HAND
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