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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# this is a windows documentation stub, actual code lives in the .ps1
+# file of the same name
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: win_stat
+version_added: "1.7"
+short_description: returns information about a Windows file
+description:
+     - Returns information about a Windows file
+options:
+  path:
+    description:
+      - The full path of the file/object to get the facts of
+    required: true
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
+  get_md5:
+    description:
+      - Whether to return the md5 sum of the file
+    required: false
+    default: yes
+    aliases: []
+author: Chris Church
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Obtain information about a file
+
+- win_stat: path=C:\foo.ini
+  register: file_info
+
+- debug: var=file_info
+'''
+