thanks kai, i got the stat to work in this way:
---
# make /tmp/link-dir--test a link.
# delete it if it already exists.
- hosts: localhost
become: false
vars:
path__test_dir_link: /tmp/link-dir--test
tasks:
- name: check if dest is a link
stat:
path: "{{ path__test_dir_link }}"
register: stat__path__test_dir_link
- name: remove dest
file:
path: "{{ path__test_dir_link }}"
state: absent
when:
- stat__path__test_dir_link['stat']['islnk'] is defined
- stat__path__test_dir_link['stat']['islnk'] == false
- name: create link
file:
dest: "{{ path__test_dir_link }}"
src: /usr
state: link
On Friday, February 17, 2017 at 6:39:09 PM UTC+11, Kai Stian Olstad wrote:
>
> On 17.02.2017 01:51, sunnz wrote:
> > can ansible force a path to be a link even when it is a directory with
> > files? currently i am deleting the directory before making it a link
> > and it
> > is not idempotent.
>
> You can't force it, you need to delete and create link as you do now.
>
> >
> > on the first run it deletes the directory. but it is also deleting and
> > re-creating the link in every run after that.
>
> Before you delete and create link use the stat module to check if the
> path is a directory and then do a delete and create the link.
>
> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/stat_module.html
>
> --
> Kai Stian Olstad
>
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