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body: | Luca On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 2:36 PM Sandy Toshev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thank you for the fast response, > > So I added the following at the end of the .yml file, but I guess I do not > know the correct syntax, because I get an error. > #added from suggestion > - name: Sending an email about it > mail: > body: | > Deleted some files - {% for f in files_to_delete.files %}f, {% endfor %} > subject: Deleted files overview > host: smtp.gmail.com > port: 587 > username: [email protected] > password: my_very_secure_password > to: my_private_username@my_private_domain > > === > The error is as follows: > ERROR! We were unable to read either as JSON nor YAML, these are the errors > we got from each: > JSON: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) > > Syntax Error while loading YAML. > could not find expected ':' > > The error appears to be in '/root/ansible_playbooks/remove_distfiles.yml': > line 21, column 7, but may > be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. > > The offending line appears to be: > > Deleted some files - {% for f in files_to_delete.files %}f, {% endfor %} > subject: Deleted files overview > ^ here > > On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 3:15:02 PM UTC+3 [email protected] wrote: >> >> 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 }}" >> > >> > -- >> > 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/1fd1fcbe-4150-49b8-93c0-9a6aa5879da9n%40googlegroups.com. >> >> >> >> -- >> Dick Visser >> Trust & Identity Service Operations Manager >> GÉANT > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/e8a857a0-0709-4577-807b-da88fe1a489bn%40googlegroups.com. -- "E' assurdo impiegare gli uomini di intelligenza eccellente per fare calcoli che potrebbero essere affidati a chiunque se si usassero delle macchine" Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz, Filosofo e Matematico (1646-1716) "Internet è la più grande biblioteca del mondo. Ma il problema è che i libri sono tutti sparsi sul pavimento" John Allen Paulos, Matematico (1945-vivente) Luca 'remix_tj' Lorenzetto, http://www.remixtj.net , <[email protected]> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAKuX69riMU8BvxkyTi3PD2nEHu4KmkdhdhSNPj9TYUzJCkimyw%40mail.gmail.com.
