ansible.windows.win_file – Creates, touches or removes files or directories¶
Note
This plugin is part of the ansible.windows collection (version 1.4.0).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.windows
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: ansible.windows.win_file
.
Synopsis¶
Creates (empty) files, updates file modification stamps of existing files, and can create or remove directories.
Unlike ansible.builtin.file, does not modify ownership, permissions or manipulate links.
For non-Windows targets, use the ansible.builtin.file module instead.
Parameters¶
See Also¶
See also
- ansible.builtin.file
The official documentation on the ansible.builtin.file module.
- ansible.windows.win_acl
The official documentation on the ansible.windows.win_acl module.
- ansible.windows.win_acl_inheritance
The official documentation on the ansible.windows.win_acl_inheritance module.
- ansible.windows.win_owner
The official documentation on the ansible.windows.win_owner module.
- ansible.windows.win_stat
The official documentation on the ansible.windows.win_stat module.
Examples¶
- name: Touch a file (creates if not present, updates modification time if present)
ansible.windows.win_file:
path: C:\Temp\foo.conf
state: touch
- name: Remove a file, if present
ansible.windows.win_file:
path: C:\Temp\foo.conf
state: absent
- name: Create directory structure
ansible.windows.win_file:
path: C:\Temp\folder\subfolder
state: directory
- name: Remove directory structure
ansible.windows.win_file:
path: C:\Temp
state: absent
Authors¶
Jon Hawkesworth (@jhawkesworth)