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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/>.
-
-DOCUMENTATION = '''
----
-module: stat
-version_added: "1.3"
-short_description: retrieve file or file system status
-description:
-     - Retrieves facts for a file similar to the linux/unix 'stat' command.
-options:
-  path:
-    description:
-      - The full path of the file/object to get the facts of
-    required: true
-    default: null
-    aliases: []
-  follow:
-    description:
-      - Whether to follow symlinks
-    required: false
-    default: no
-    aliases: []
-  get_md5:
-    description:
-      - Whether to return the md5 sum of the file
-    required: false
-    default: yes
-    aliases: []
-author: Bruce Pennypacker
-'''
-
-EXAMPLES = '''
-# Obtain the stats of /etc/foo.conf, and check that the file still belongs
-# to 'root'. Fail otherwise.
-- stat: path=/etc/foo.conf
-  register: st
-- fail: msg="Whoops! file ownership has changed"
-  when: st.stat.pw_name != 'root'
-
-# Determine if a path exists and is a directory.  Note we need to test
-# both that p.stat.isdir actually exists, and also that it's set to true.
-- stat: path=/path/to/something
-  register: p
-- debug: msg="Path exists and is a directory"
-  when: p.stat.isdir is defined and p.stat.isdir == true
-
-# Don't do md5 checksum
-- stat: path=/path/to/myhugefile get_md5=no
-'''
-
-import os
-import sys
-from stat import *
-import pwd
-import grp
-
-def main():
-    module = AnsibleModule(
-        argument_spec = dict(
-            path = dict(required=True),
-            follow = dict(default='no', type='bool'),
-            get_md5 = dict(default='yes', type='bool')
-        ),
-        supports_check_mode = True
-    )
-
-    path = module.params.get('path')
-    path = os.path.expanduser(path)
-    follow = module.params.get('follow')
-    get_md5 = module.params.get('get_md5')
-
-    try:
-        if follow:
-            st = os.stat(path)
-        else:
-            st = os.lstat(path)
-    except OSError, e:
-        if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
-            d = { 'exists' : False }
-            module.exit_json(changed=False, stat=d)
-
-        module.fail_json(msg = e.strerror)
-
-    mode = st.st_mode
-
-    # back to ansible
-    d = {
-        'exists'   : True,
-        'mode'    : "%04o" % S_IMODE(mode),
-        'isdir'    : S_ISDIR(mode),
-        'ischr'    : S_ISCHR(mode),
-        'isblk'    : S_ISBLK(mode),
-        'isreg'    : S_ISREG(mode),
-        'isfifo'   : S_ISFIFO(mode),
-        'islnk'    : S_ISLNK(mode),
-        'issock'   : S_ISSOCK(mode),
-        'uid'      : st.st_uid,
-        'gid'      : st.st_gid,
-        'size'     : st.st_size,
-        'inode'    : st.st_ino,
-        'dev'      : st.st_dev,
-        'nlink'    : st.st_nlink,
-        'atime'    : st.st_atime,
-        'mtime'    : st.st_mtime,
-        'ctime'    : st.st_ctime,
-        'wusr'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IWUSR),
-        'rusr'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IRUSR),
-        'xusr'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IXUSR),
-        'wgrp'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IWGRP),
-        'rgrp'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IRGRP),
-        'xgrp'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IXGRP),
-        'woth'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IWOTH),
-        'roth'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IROTH),
-        'xoth'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IXOTH),
-        'isuid'    : bool(mode & stat.S_ISUID),
-        'isgid'    : bool(mode & stat.S_ISGID),
-        }
-
-    if S_ISLNK(mode):
-        d['lnk_source'] = os.path.realpath(path)
-
-    if S_ISREG(mode) and get_md5 and os.access(path,os.R_OK):
-        d['md5']       = module.md5(path)
-
-
-    try:
-        pw = pwd.getpwuid(st.st_uid)
-
-        d['pw_name']   = pw.pw_name
-
-        grp_info = grp.getgrgid(pw.pw_gid)
-        d['gr_name'] = grp_info.gr_name
-    except:
-        pass
-
-
-    module.exit_json(changed=False, stat=d)
-
-# import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-
-main()