Commit 9fe2bcd0 by James Tanner

Merge #5903 from rhaido/ansible

Update files documentation for usage of force=True and hardlinks
parents 2492c271 f386e137
...@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ options: ...@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ options:
default: "no" default: "no"
choices: [ "yes", "no" ] choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
description: description:
- 'force the creation of the symlinks in two cases: the source file does - 'force the creation of the symlinks when the destination exists and is a file (so, we need to unlink the
not exist (but will appear later); the destination exists and is a file (so, we need to unlink the
"path" file and create symlink to the "src" file in place of it).' "path" file and create symlink to the "src" file in place of it).'
notes: notes:
- See also M(copy), M(template), M(assemble) - See also M(copy), M(template), M(assemble)
...@@ -135,6 +134,10 @@ author: Michael DeHaan ...@@ -135,6 +134,10 @@ author: Michael DeHaan
EXAMPLES = ''' EXAMPLES = '''
- file: path=/etc/foo.conf owner=foo group=foo mode=0644 - file: path=/etc/foo.conf owner=foo group=foo mode=0644
- file: src=/file/to/link/to dest=/path/to/symlink owner=foo group=foo state=link - file: src=/file/to/link/to dest=/path/to/symlink owner=foo group=foo state=link
- file: path=/tmp/{{ item.path }} dest={{ item.dest }} state=link
with_items:
- { path: 'x', dest: 'y' }
- { path: 'z', dest: 'k' }
''' '''
def main(): def main():
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