--- - shell: dd if=/dev/urandom of=/tmp/{{file_name}} bs=1024 count={{file_size}} args: creates: /tmp/{{file_name}} delegate_to: localhost - copy: dest: /tmp/{{file_name}}.out src: /tmp/{{file_name}} - stat: path=/tmp/{{file_name}} register: original delegate_to: localhost - stat: path=/tmp/{{file_name}}.out register: copied - assert: that: - original.stat.checksum == copied.stat.checksum # Upstream does not preserve timestamps at al. #- (not is_mitogen) or (original.stat.mtime|int == copied.stat.mtime|int)