ansible/test/integration/targets/copy/tasks/src_file_dest_file_in_non_existent_dir.yml

- name: Ensure that dest directory doesn't exist
  file:
    path: '{{ remote_dir }}/new_sub_dir1'
    state: absent

- name: Copy file, dest is a file in non-existing target directory
  copy:
    src: foo.txt
    dest: '{{ dest }}'
  register: copy_result
  ignore_errors: True

- name: Assert copy failed
  assert:
    that:
      - 'copy_result|failed'

- name: Stat the dest
  stat:
    path: '{{ remote_dir }}/new_sub_dir1'
  register: stat_file_in_dir_result

- name: assert that dest doesn't exist
  assert:
    that:
      - 'not stat_file_in_dir_result.stat.exists'