ansible.builtin.link test – does the path reference existing symbolic link

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 link. However, we recommend you use the Fully Qualified Collection Name (FQCN) ansible.builtin.link for easy linking to the plugin documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same test plugin name.

Synopsis

• Check if the provided path maps to an existing symlink on the controller’s filesystem (localhost).

Aliases: is_link, islink

Input

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

Parameter	Comments
Input path	A path.

Examples

ismyhostsalink: "{{ '/etc/hosts' is link}}"
list_of_symlinks: "{{ list_of_paths | select('link') }}"

Return Value

Key	Description
Return value boolean	Returns True if the path corresponds to an existing symlink 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.

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