filetree – recursively match all files in a directory tree

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

• This lookup enables you to template a complete tree of files on a target system while retaining permissions and ownership.
• Supports directories, files and symlinks, including SELinux and other file properties.
• If you provide more than one path, it will implement a first_found logic, and will not process entries it already processed in previous paths. This enables merging different trees in order of importance, or add role_vars to specific paths to influence different instances of the same role.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
_terms - / required			path(s) of files to read

Examples

- name: Create directories
  file:
    path: /web/{{ item.path }}
    state: directory
    mode: '{{ item.mode }}'
  with_filetree: web/
  when: item.state == 'directory'

- name: Template files (explicitly skip directories in order to use the 'src' attribute)
  template:
    src: '{{ item.src }}'
    dest: /web/{{ item.path }}
    mode: '{{ item.mode }}'
  with_filetree: web/
  when: item.state == 'file'

- name: Recreate symlinks
  file:
    src: '{{ item.src }}'
    dest: /web/{{ item.path }}
    state: link
    force: yes
    mode: '{{ item.mode }}'
  with_filetree: web/
  when: item.state == 'link'

Return Values

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

Key		Returned	Description
_raw -			list of dictionaries with file information
	ctime -		TODO
	gid -		TODO
	group -		TODO
	mode -		TODO
	mtime -		TODO
	owner -		TODO
	path -		contains the relative path to root
	root -		allows filtering by original location
	selevel -		TODO
	serole -		TODO
	setype -		TODO
	seuser -		TODO
	size -		TODO
	src -		full path to file not returned when item.state is set to directory
	state -		TODO
	uid -		TODO

Status

• This lookup is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This lookup is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Dag Wieers (@dagwieers) <dag@wieers.com>

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Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.