make copy & template module take key/value parameters so we're consistent. Only the command

module works differently now

starter manpage for modules

allow template file location to be passed into template & setup modules

copy

@@ -8,14 +8,27 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     import simplejson as json
 
-source   = sys.argv[1]
-dest     = sys.argv[2]
+# ===========================================
+# convert arguments of form ensure=running name=foo
+# to a dictionary
+# FIXME: make more idiomatic
 
-# raise an error if there is no source file
-if not os.path.exists(source):
+args = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
+items = shlex.split(args)
+params = {}
+for x in items:
+    (k, v) = x.split("=")
+    params[k] = v
+
+src  = params['src']
+dest = params['dest']
+
+ 
+# raise an error if there is no src file
+if not os.path.exists(src):
     print json.dumps({
         "failed" : 1,
-        "msg"    : "Source %s failed to transfer" % source
+        "msg"    : "Source %s failed to transfer" % src
     })
     sys.exit(1)
 
@@ -24,7 +37,7 @@ changed = False
 if os.path.exists(dest):
     md5sum = os.popen("md5sum %s" % dest).read().split()[0]
 
-os.system("cp %s %s" % (source, dest))
+os.system("cp %s %s" % (src, dest))
 
 md5sum2 = os.popen("md5sum %s" % dest).read().split()[0]
 

setup

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
-ANSIBLE_DIR       = "/etc/ansible"
-ANSIBLE_SETUP     = "/etc/ansible/setup"
+DEFAULT_ANSIBLE_SETUP     = "/etc/ansible/setup"
 
 import sys
 import os
@@ -15,28 +14,30 @@ except ImportError:
 # load config & template variables
 
 input_data = sys.argv[1:]
-new_options = dict([ x.split("=") for x in input_data ])
+new_options = dict([ x.split('=') for x in input_data ])
+ansible_file = new_options.get('metadata', DEFAULT_ANSIBLE_SETUP)
+ansible_dir = os.path.dirname(metadata)
 
 # create the config dir if it doesn't exist
 
-if not os.path.exists(ANSIBLE_DIR):
-    os.makedirs(ANSIBLE_DIR)
+if not os.path.exists(ansible_dir):
+    os.makedirs(ansible_dir)
 
 changed = False
-if not os.path.exists(ANSIBLE_SETUP):
+if not os.path.exists(ansible_file):
     changed = True
 else:
-    md5sum = os.popen("md5sum %s" % ANSIBLE_SETUP).read()
+    md5sum = os.popen("md5sum %s" % ansible_file).read()
 
 # write the template/settings file using
 # instructions from server
 
-f = open(ANSIBLE_SETUP, "w+")
+f = open(ansible_file, "w+")
 reformat = json.dumps(new_options)
 f.write(reformat)
 f.close()
 
-md5sum2 = os.popen("md5sum %s" % ANSIBLE_SETUP).read()
+md5sum2 = os.popen("md5sum %s" % ansible_file).read()
 
 if md5sum != md5sum2:
    changed = True

template

@@ -8,9 +8,22 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     import simplejson as json
 
-source   = sys.argv[1]
-dest     = sys.argv[2]
-metadata = sys.argv[3]
+# ===========================================
+# convert arguments of form ensure=running name=foo
+# to a dictionary
+# FIXME: make more idiomatic
+
+args = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
+items = shlex.split(args)
+params = {}
+for x in items:
+    (k, v) = x.split("=")
+    params[k] = v
+
+source  = params['src']
+dest    = params['dest']
+metadata = params.get('metadata', '/etc/ansible/setup') 
+
  
 # raise an error if there is no template metadata
 if not os.path.exists(metadata):