On 3/16/21 11:00 AM, mike _ wrote:
> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/template_module.html
> says
> #
> 
> template_path is the path of the template.
> 
> #
> 
> template_fullpath is the absolute path of the template.
> 
> Can someone explain how "the path" is suppose to be different from "the 
> absolute path"? If I put both those variables in
> a template, they are expanded to the absolute path to the template on the 
> source filesystem e.g.
> 
> # {{ template_fullpath }}
> # {{ template_path }}
> 
> in a template results in this:
> 
> # /home/mike/gitrepos/ansibletesting/roles/foo/templates/blah.txt
> # /home/mike/gitrepos/ansibletesting/roles/foo/templates/blah.txt
> 
> I've found a few other mentions of people saying the same thing, e.g.
> https://www.toptechskills.com/ansible-tutorials-courses/ansible-template-module-tutorial-examples/
>  says:
> "template_fullpath - Same as template_path in my experience" and in this old 
> issue
> https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/29995 which seems to have gone 
> nowhere someone says "There are two vars that
> play out to the same value.".
> 
> I assume template_path and template_fullpath are supposed to be different 
> values, but different how, and under what
> circumstances?

Hello,

why did you need to know the template paths? What is your usecase for them?

Regards
         Racke

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