From 0726933a5a7c471f53b582a3a2f38319df78bdee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Coca <briancoca+dev@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 10:29:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added thirsty option to copy Signed-off-by: Brian Coca
<briancoca+dev@gmail.com>
---
library/copy | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/library/copy b/library/copy
index aa5954ddb9d..268cb023cb6 100644
--- a/library/copy
+++ b/library/copy
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ options:
required: false
choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
default: "no"
+ thirsty:
+ description:
+ - if C(yes), will copy the file every time and replace the
+ file if the contents change. If C(no), the file will only be copied if
+ the destination does not exist.
+ version_added: "1.1"
+ required: false
+ choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
+ default: "yes"
+ others:
others:
description:
- all arguments accepted by the M(file) module also work here
@@ -68,6 +78,7 @@ def main():
src=dict(required=True),
dest=dict(required=True),
backup=dict(default=False, choices=BOOLEANS),
+ thirsty = dict(default='yes', choices=BOOLEANS),
),
add_file_common_args=True,
)
@@ -75,7 +86,7 @@ def main():
src = os.path.expanduser(module.params['src'])
dest = os.path.expanduser(module.params['dest'])
backup = module.boolean(module.params.get('backup', False))
- file_args = module.load_file_common_arguments(module.params)
+ thirsty = module.boolean(module.params['thirsty'])
if not os.path.exists(src):
module.fail_json(msg="Source %s failed to transfer" % (src))
@@ -86,6 +97,8 @@ def main():
md5sum_dest = None
if os.path.exists(dest):
+ if not thirsty:
+ module.exit_json(msg="file already exists", src=src, dest=dest, changed=False)
if not os.access(dest, os.W_OK):
module.fail_json(msg="Destination %s not writable" % (dest))
if not os.access(dest, os.R_OK):