community.windows.win_file_compression – Alters the compression of files and directories on NTFS partitions.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.windows collection (version 1.3.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.windows.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.windows.win_file_compression.

Synopsis

• This module sets the compressed attribute for files and directories on a filesystem that supports it like NTFS.

• NTFS compression can be used to save disk space.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
force boolean	Choices: no yes ←	This option only has an effect when recurse is true If true, will check the compressed state of all subdirectories and files and make a change if any are different from compressed. If false, will only make a change if the compressed state of path is different from compressed. If the folder structure is complex or contains a lot of files, it is recommended to set this option to false so that not every file has to be checked.
path path / required		The full path of the file or directory to modify. The path must exist on file system that supports compression like NTFS.
recurse boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Whether to recursively apply changes to all subdirectories and files. This option only has an effect when path is a directory. When set to false, only applies changes to path. When set to true, applies changes to path and all subdirectories and files.
state string	Choices: absent present ←	Set to present to ensure the path is compressed. Set to absent to ensure the path is not compressed.

Notes

Note

• community.windows.win_file_compression sets the file system’s compression state, it does not create a zip archive file.

• For more about NTFS Compression, see http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs-compressed.htm

Examples

- name: Compress log files directory
  community.windows.win_file_compression:
    path: C:\Logs
    state: present

- name: Decompress log files directory
  community.windows.win_file_compression:
    path: C:\Logs
    state: absent

- name: Compress reports directory and all subdirectories
  community.windows.win_file_compression:
    path: C:\business\reports
    state: present
    recurse: yes

# This will only check C:\business\reports for the compressed state
# If C:\business\reports is compressed, it will not make a change
# even if one of the child items is uncompressed

- name: Compress reports directory and all subdirectories (quick)
  community.windows.win_file_compression:
    path: C:\business\reports
    compressed: yes
    recurse: yes
    force: no

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
rc integer	always	The return code of the compress/uncompress operation. If no changes are made or the operation is successful, rc is 0.

Authors

• Micah Hunsberger (@mhunsber)