Question:
How is it possible to move/rename a file/directory using an Ansible module on a remote system? I don’t want to use the command/shell tasks and I don’t want to copy the file from the local system to the remote system.
Answer:
The file module doesn’t copy files on the remote system. The src parameter is only used by the file module when creating a symlink to a file.
If you want to move/rename a file entirely on a remote system then your best bet is to use the command module to just invoke the appropriate command:
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- name: Move foo to bar command: mv /path/to/foo /path/to/bar |
If you want to get fancy then you could first use the stat module to check that foo actually exists:
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- name: stat foo stat: path=/path/to/foo register: foo_stat - name: Move foo to bar command: mv /path/to/foo /path/to/bar when: foo_stat.stat.exists |