Merge pull request #13923 from slimandslam/patch-1

Added example of running commands on a remote Windows Server
pull/13967/merge
Brian Coca 9 years ago
commit 1c9774785f

@ -319,6 +319,14 @@ Running individual commands uses the 'raw' module, as opposed to the shell or co
register: ipconfig
- debug: var=ipconfig
Running common DOS commands like 'del", 'move', or 'copy" is unlikely to work on a remote Windows Server using Powershell, but they can work by prefacing the commands with "CMD /C" and enclosing the command in double quotes as in this example::
- name: another raw module example
hosts: windows
tasks:
- name: Move file on remote Windows Server from one location to another
raw: CMD /C "MOVE /Y C:\teststuff\myfile.conf C:\builds\smtp.conf"
And for a final example, here's how to use the win_stat module to test for file existence. Note that the data returned by the win_stat module is slightly different than what is provided by the Linux equivalent::
- name: test stat module

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