file: implemented state=touched. Closes GH-4097

reviewable/pr18780/r1
René Moser 11 years ago
parent 55e26fdfda
commit ddd35b187c

@ -50,10 +50,12 @@ options:
exist, see the M(copy) or M(template) module if you want that behavior.
If C(link), the symbolic link will be created or changed. Use C(hard)
for hardlinks. If C(absent), directories will be recursively deleted,
and files or symlinks will be unlinked.
and files or symlinks will be unlinked. If C(touched), existing file and
directory will change file access and modification times, not existing
file will be created.
required: false
default: file
choices: [ file, link, directory, hard, absent ]
choices: [ file, link, directory, hard, touched, absent ]
mode:
required: false
default: null
@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ def main():
module = AnsibleModule(
argument_spec = dict(
state = dict(choices=['file','directory','link','hard','absent'], default='file'),
state = dict(choices=['file','directory','link','hard','touched','absent'], default='file'),
path = dict(aliases=['dest', 'name'], required=True),
recurse = dict(default='no', type='bool'),
force = dict(required=False,default=False,type='bool'),
@ -223,7 +225,7 @@ def main():
module.exit_json(path=path, changed=True)
if prev_state != 'absent' and prev_state != state:
if not (force and prev_state == 'file' and state == 'link'):
if not (force and prev_state == 'file' and state == 'link') and state != 'touched':
module.fail_json(path=path, msg='refusing to convert between %s and %s for %s' % (prev_state, state, src))
if prev_state == 'absent' and state == 'absent':
@ -307,6 +309,21 @@ def main():
changed = module.set_file_attributes_if_different(file_args, changed)
module.exit_json(dest=path, src=src, changed=changed)
elif state == 'touched':
if prev_state not in ['file', 'directory', 'absent']:
module.fail_json(msg='Cannot touch other than files and directories')
if prev_state != 'absent':
try:
os.utime(path, None)
except OSError, e:
module.fail_json(path=path, msg='Error while touching existing target: %s' % str(e))
else:
try:
open(path, 'w').close()
except OSError, e:
module.fail_json(path=path, msg='Error while touching non-existing target: %s' % str(e))
module.exit_json(dest=path, changed=True)
else:
module.fail_json(path=path, msg='unexpected position reached')

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