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Improved stat documentation

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Mitchell Ludwig 2015-07-13 17:51:32 -06:00
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@ -58,6 +58,23 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
- fail: msg="Whoops! file ownership has changed"
when: st.stat.pw_name != 'root'
# Determine if a path exists and is a symlink. Note that if the path does
# not exist, and we test sym.stat.islnk, it will fail with an error. So
# therefore, we must test whether it is defined.
# Run this to understand the structure, the skipped ones do not pass the
# check performed by 'when'
- stat: path=/path/to/something
register: sym
- debug: msg="islnk isn't defined (path doesn't exist)"
when: sym.stat.islnk is not defined
- debug: msg="islnk is defined (path must exist)"
when: sym.stat.islnk is defined
- debug: msg="Path exists and is a symlink"
when: sym.stat.islnk is defined and sym.stat.islnk
- debug: msg="Path exists and isn't a symlink"
when: sym.stat.islnk is defined and sym.stat.islnk == False
# Determine if a path exists and is a directory. Note that we need to test
# both that p.stat.isdir actually exists, and also that it's set to true.
- stat: path=/path/to/something