OK, so if I had 10 folders I was looping through, and set the register
variable to "tmp_folder" for example, how would I know then loop through
that 1 variable to pull out the info I need? The next step is to set a
fact based on the returned files that match a certain user name. Would the
fact be something like this:
set_fact:
temp_folder1_files: "{{ tmp_folder[0].files | selectattr('pw_name',
'equalto', remove_user) | list }}"
temp_folder2_files: "{{ tmp_folder[1].files | selectattr('pw_name',
'equalto', remove_user) | list }}"
temp_folder3_files: "{{ tmp_folder[2].files | selectattr('pw_name',
'equalto', remove_user) | list }}"
Thanks,
Harry
On Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 3:55:20 PM UTC-4 Matt Martz wrote:
> `register` must be static, you cannot template it.
>
> See the following link for information about registering a variable with a
> loop:
>
>
> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_loops.html#registering-variables-with-a-loop
>
> On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 2:53 PM [email protected] <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I have a playbook where I'm trying to use the find module to find files
>> owned by a certain user. I'm trying to do register a variable to hold the
>> files found for each folder within the loop as follows:
>>
>> vars:
>> folders:
>> - folder: "/folder1"
>> var: "temp_folder1"
>> - folder: "folder2"
>> var: "temp_folder2"
>>
>> tasks:
>>
>> - name: Find all files under {{ item.folder }}
>> find:
>> paths: "{{ item.folder }}"
>> recurse: yes
>> register: "{{ item.var }}"
>> loop: "{{ folders }}"
>>
>> I get a warning stating "register" is not templatable, then an error
>> stating "Invalid variable name in 'register' specified: '{{ item.var }}"
>>
>> Do I have to do this individually instead of via a loop?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Harry
>>
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