@@ -654,6 +654,8 @@ be useful for when you don't want to rely on the discovered hostname `ansible_ho
reasons. If you have a long FQDN, *inventory_hostname_short* also contains the part up to the first
period, without the rest of the domain.
*play_hosts* is available as a list of hostnames that are in scope for the current play. This may be useful for filling out templates with multiple hostnames or for injecting the list into the rules for a load balancer.
Don't worry about any of this unless you think you need it. You'll know when you do.
Also available, *inventory_dir* is the pathname of the directory holding Ansible's inventory host file, *inventory_file* is the pathname and the filename pointing to the Ansible's inventory host file.