Sorry.... hit Post too soon. This is the updated code you're suggesting?
- name: Find all files older than 30 days in diagnostics folder
win_find:
paths: "{{ unc_path }}"
file_type: directory
age: 30d
#recurse: yes
register: FilesOver30
- name: Delete all files/folders older than 30 days from diagnostics folder
win_file:
path: "{{ item.path }}"
state: absent
with_items: "{{ FilesOver30.files | difference([unc_path]) }}"
Thank you for clarifying.
On Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 2:05:44 PM UTC-7 Jeremy Smith wrote:
> Currently I have it configured as such:
> - name: Find all files older than 30 days in diagnostics folder
> win_find:
> paths: "{{ unc_path }}"
> file_type: directory
> age: 30d
> #recurse: yes
> register: FilesOver30
>
>
> - name: Delete all files/folders older than 30 days from diagnostics folder
> win_file:
> path: "{{ unc_path }}"
> state: absent
> with_items: "{{ FilesOver30.files | difference([unc_path]) }}"
>
>
> You're suggesting replacing "unc_path" with "item.path" in the second name
> block as such:
>
>
> On Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 2:00:02 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote:
>
>> You are looking win_file with the values of FilesOver30.files but setting
>> the path for each of those loops to unc_path. This will just run the same
>> thing, deleting that UNC path for every loop iteration. What you want to do
>> is set 'path: "{{ item.path }}"' so that path is set to each of the found
>> paths that you got in the previous step.
>>
>> On Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 6:06:07 AM UTC+10 [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 21:44, Jeremy Smith <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I've read the documentation at the link you provided and am unsure how
>>> any of that can help me. There is no other list than FilesOver30.files to
>>> compare it with.
>>>
>>> >> >> - name: Delete all files/folders older than 30 days from
>>> diagnostics folder
>>> >> >> win_file:
>>> >> >> path: "{{ unc_path }}"
>>> >> >> state: absent
>>> >> >> with_items: "{{ FilesOver30.files }}"
>>>
>>> If I understand your problem description correctly, the value of
>>> "unc_path" is in the FIlesOver30.files list.
>>> You can remove it by the difference of a list containing a single
>>> item: the unc_path.
>>>
>>>
>>> with_items: "{{ FilesOver30.files | difference([unc_path]) }}"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dick Visser
>>> Trust & Identity Service Operations Manager
>>> GÉANT
>>>
>>
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