Merge pull request #3340 from bpennypacker/stat

get file/path facts via 'stat'

library/files/stat

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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: []
+author: Bruce Pennypacker
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Obtain the stats of /etc/foo.conf
+- stats: >
+      path=/etc/foo.conf
+
+'''
+
+import os
+import sys
+from stat import *
+from pprint import pprint
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec = dict(
+            path = dict(required=True),
+        )
+    )
+
+    path = module.params.get('path')
+
+    try:
+        st = os.stat(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'     : 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_ISDIR(mode) and os.path.islink(path):
+        d['isdir'] = False
+        d['islnk'] = True
+        
+
+    module.exit_json(changed=False, stat=d)
+
+# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
+#<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
+
+main()