ansible.builtin.same_file test – compares two paths to see if they resolve to the same filesystem object

Note

This test plugin is part of ansible-core and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short plugin name same_file even without specifying the collections: keyword. However, we recommend you use the FQCN for easy linking to the plugin documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same test plugin name.

New in Ansible 2.5

Synopsis

  • Check if the provided paths map to the same location on the controller’s filesystem (localhost).

Aliases:

Input

This describes the input of the test, the value before is ansible.builtin.same_file or is not ansible.builtin.same_file.

Parameter

Comments

Input

path / required

A path.

Keyword parameters

This describes keyword parameters of the test. These are the values key1=value1, key2=value2 and so on in the following examples: input is ansible.builtin.same_file(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...) and input is not ansible.builtin.same_file(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...).

Parameter

Comments

_path2

path / required

Another path.

Examples

amionelevelfromroot: "{{ '/etc/hosts' is same_file('../etc/hosts') }}"

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

boolean

Returns True if the paths correspond to the same location on the filesystem on the controller, False if otherwise.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Ansible Core

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.