From 2d5d7ff542591a55eba0270346087567c8bbeb7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jesse Buchanan Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 13:35:24 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Files module: Allow touch on hardlinks --- files/file.py | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/files/file.py b/files/file.py index 7aa5e45d7bc..d8c5b2762d8 100644 --- a/files/file.py +++ b/files/file.py @@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ def main(): open(path, 'w').close() except OSError, e: module.fail_json(path=path, msg='Error, could not touch target: %s' % str(e)) - elif prev_state in ['file', 'directory']: + elif prev_state in ['file', 'directory', 'hard']: try: os.utime(path, None) except OSError, e: module.fail_json(path=path, msg='Error while touching existing target: %s' % str(e)) else: - module.fail_json(msg='Cannot touch other than files and directories') + module.fail_json(msg='Cannot touch other than files, directories, and hardlinks (%s is %s)' % (path, prev_state)) try: module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(file_args, True) except SystemExit, e: