Added to the file module the functionality to force conversion hard link and symlink when the force attribute is set to 'yes'

11 years ago · ed7c9a1fbb
parent dc41912158
commit ed7c9a1fbb
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/library/files/file
+++ b/library/files/file
@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def main():
        module.exit_json(path=path, changed=True)

    if prev_state != 'absent' and prev_state != state:
-        if not (force and (prev_state == 'file' or prev_state == 'directory') and state == 'link') and state != 'touch':
+        if not (force and (prev_state == 'file' or prev_state == 'hard' or prev_state == 'directory') and state == 'link') and state != 'touch':
            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':