Use https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/mail_module.html
and set the body argument to an inline jinja template, then iterate
over your "files_to_delete.files" variable.
- name: Sending an email
mail:
body: |
Deleted some files - {% for f in files_to_delete.files %}f, {% endfor %}
subject: Deleted files overview
etc etc
On Tue, 15 Sep 2020 at 13:55, Sandy Toshev <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> So I have been using the following simple playbook to keep a folder clean
> from files. Everything is working fine. However, I got into thinking that it
> will not hurt, if I get a notification, containing what has been deleted.
> So my question is - may I use the variable into a body of an email? I have
> tried to view the contents of the registered variable, and I cannot seem to
> find a way.
> How can I configure an email that will have something like "I have deleted
> the following files - file1, file2, etc.?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> ---
> - hosts: lxc
> tasks:
> - name: Finding older than 1 week files in the distfiles folder
> find:
> paths: /var/cache/distfiles
> age: 1w
> recurse: no
> register: files_to_delete
>
> - name: Removing the founded files
> file:
> path: "{{ item.path }}"
> state: absent
> with_items: "{{ files_to_delete.files }}"
>
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