Clarify recursive

If recursive is set to yes, the module changes the attributes of the directory recursively even though state: directory is not set.
7 years ago · 785c660432
parent a81c6668eb
commit 785c660432
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/files/file.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/files/file.py
@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ options:
        relative and nonexisting paths. Relative paths are not expanded.
  recurse:
    description:
-      - recursively set the specified file attributes (applies only to state=directory)
+      - recursively set the specified file attributes (applies only to directories)
    type: bool
    default: 'no'
    version_added: "1.1"