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Docfix: running background tasks without polling

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Fix the example in the doc to explicitly set the poll interval to zero so the
job doesn't poll.

To run a background task without polling, you need to set the poll interval to
zero. However, Ansible's default poll setting is 15 seconds, so not specifying the poll
interval will cause a background job to poll.
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Lorin Hochstein 2014-12-06 21:24:50 -05:00
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@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ checked on later. The same job ID is given to the same task on all
hosts, so you won't lose track. If you kick hosts and don't want
to poll, it looks like this::
$ ansible all -B 3600 -a "/usr/bin/long_running_operation --do-stuff"
$ ansible all -B 3600 -P 0 -a "/usr/bin/long_running_operation --do-stuff"
If you do decide you want to check on the job status later, you can::