community.windows.win_file_version – Get DLL or EXE file build version

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_version.

Synopsis

• Get DLL or EXE file build version.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
path path / required		File to get version. Always provide absolute path.

Notes

Note

• This module will always return no change.

See Also

See also

ansible.windows.win_file

The official documentation on the ansible.windows.win_file module.

Examples

- name: Get acm instance version
  community.windows.win_file_version:
    path: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
  register: exe_file_version

- debug:
    msg: '{{ exe_file_version }}'

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
file_build_part string	no error	build number of the file.
file_major_part string	no error	the major part of the version number.
file_minor_part string	no error	the minor part of the version number of the file.
file_private_part string	no error	file private part number.
file_version string	no error	File version number..
path string	always	file path
product_version string	no error	The version of the product this file is distributed with.

Authors

• Sam Liu (@SamLiu79)