From 4716b779f687fc5fc060aaa7e12cf8c33b0668c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Grozak <mike.grozak@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 12:53:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added force parameter to symlink invocation, in order to
force the creation in case of already existing destination with the type of
'file'
---
files/file | 16 ++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/files/file b/files/file
index 22716935c8b..341afdc35c0 100644
--- a/files/file
+++ b/files/file
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ def main():
state = dict(choices=['file','directory','link','hard','absent'], default='file'),
path = dict(aliases=['dest', 'name'], required=True),
recurse = dict(default='no', type='bool'),
+ force = dict(required=False,default=False,type='bool'),
diff_peek = dict(default=None),
validate = dict(required=False, default=None),
),
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ def main():
params = module.params
state = params['state']
+ force = params['force']
params['path'] = path = os.path.expanduser(params['path'])
# short-circuit for diff_peek
@@ -226,7 +228,10 @@ def main():
module.exit_json(path=path, changed=True)
if prev_state != 'absent' and prev_state != state:
- module.fail_json(path=path, msg='refusing to convert between %s and %s for %s' % (prev_state, state, src))
+ if force and prev_state == 'file' and state == 'link':
+ pass
+ else:
+ module.fail_json(path=path, msg='refusing to convert between %s and %s for %s' % (prev_state, state, src))
if prev_state == 'absent' and state == 'absent':
module.exit_json(path=path, changed=False)
@@ -287,7 +292,14 @@ def main():
dolink(src, path, state, module)
changed = True
elif prev_state == 'file':
- module.fail_json(dest=path, src=src, msg='Cannot link, file exists at destination')
+ if not force:
+ module.fail_json(dest=path, src=src, msg='Cannot link, file exists at destination')
+ else:
+ if module.check_mode:
+ module.exit_json(changed=True)
+ os.unlink(path)
+ dolink(src, path, state, module)
+ changed = True
else:
module.fail_json(dest=path, src=src, msg='unexpected position reached')