Check if a directory exists on Windows-like systems — Ansible module win_stat
How to automate the checking of the “example” directory/folder in the Desktop of the user on the Windows system and display a message or execute a task accordingly with Ansible Playbook.
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How to check if a directory/folder exists on Windows-like systems with Ansible?
I’m going to show you a live demo and some simple Ansible code.
I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot
Ansible check directory exists on Windows-like systems
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ansible.windows.win_stat` - Get information about Windows files
Today we’re talking about the Ansible module `win_stat`.
The full name is `ansible.windows.win_stat`, which means that is part of the collection of modules specialized to interact with Windows target host.
It’s a module pretty stable and out for years.
It works in Windows and Windows Server operating systems.
It gets information about Windows files.
For Linux target use the `stat` module instead.
Parameters & Return Values
Mandatory Parameters
- path string
Main Return Values
- stat complex — isdir
The only mandatory parameter is “path” which is the filesystem full path of the object to check.
The module returns a complex object, the property that is interesting for us is “isdir”. This attribute is “true” if the object is a directory
