- name: bench/loop-100-copies.yml hosts: all tasks: - name: Create file tree connection: local shell: > mkdir -p /tmp/filetree.in; for i in `seq -f /tmp/filetree.in/%g 1 100`; do echo $RANDOM > $i; done; - name: Delete remote file tree file: path=/tmp/filetree.out state=absent when: 0 - file: state: directory path: /tmp/filetree.out - name: Trigger nasty process pileup copy: src: "{{item.src}}" dest: "/tmp/filetree.out/{{item.path}}" mode: 0644 with_filetree: /tmp/filetree.in when: item.state == 'file' loop_control: label: "/tmp/filetree.out/{{ item.path }}" tags: - resource_intensive