win_stat poses an error when i try to get info about a file symbolic link actively in use by a processor

[ishan jain]

I am trying to check if some symbolic links exists or not on a windows 2012 R2 machine using win_file module. It works fine in case of directory symbolic links but poses an error when the path specified is a file symbolic link that is actively being used by a process. This link is a link to jar file and here is what i am using in ansible:

win_stat: path=E:\folder\link2\some_dir\link3.jar

I get the following error because the file is actively in use:

"msg": {

        "changed": false,

        "exception": "At C:\\Users\\Ishan\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ansible-tmp-1458122016.24-112690440585191\\win_stat.ps1:231 char:9\r\n+         $fp = [System.IO.File]::Open($path, [System.IO.Filemode]::Open, [System. ...\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~",

        "failed": true,

        "msg": "Exception calling \"Open\" with \"3\" argument(s): \"The process cannot access the file 'E:\\folder\\link2\\some_dir\\link3.jar' because it is being used by another process.\""

    }

The script i am writing will need to check if a sym link exists and most of the time it will check that on an active jar file link. How can i make it not pose an error ?

[J Hawkesworth]

It looks like a fix for this has already been made in latest development version of ansible.

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell.ps1#L214

Are you able to try latest development version?

Jon

[ishan jain]

I will try with the development branch and will post the results.

Do we have an official image of Ansible's latest devel branch on docker hub ?

[Uditha Desilva]

It was made clear at AnsibleFest London that Ansible no longer support any Docker images thereof, so you'll have to roll your own.