Using with_fileglob is not behaving how I expect it to, am I missing something?

[Ryan Fisher]

I'm attempting to use the file module to delete some cruft left over after installing Wordpress and I'm getting a not found warning when the task executes. Not sure what I'm doing wrong...

On the target host, the path and files exist:

$ ls /var/www/wordpress

$ backwpup_30357501_measurabl-plugins.2017-09-03.txt     backwpup_30357501_wordpress.sql  license.txt ...

Task:

- name: Ensure old backup files do not exist

  file:

    path: "{{ item }}"

    state: absent

  with_fileglob:

    - /var/www/wordpress/backwpup_*

Output when running task:

TASK [measurabl-wordpress : Ensure old backup files do not exist] **************

[WARNING]: Unable to find '/var/www/wordpress' in expected paths.

[Matt Martz]

`with_fileglob` runs on the ansible "controller" (localhost), not on the remote target.

If you want to list files or directories on a remote target, I recommend using the `find` module, registering the results, and then using a `with_items` over the results in a later task.

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Matt Martz
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[Ryan Fisher]

Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification.

On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 9:50:39 AM UTC-7, Matt Martz wrote:

`with_fileglob` runs on the ansible "controller" (localhost), not on the remote target.

If you want to list files or directories on a remote target, I recommend using the `find` module, registering the results, and then using a `with_items` over the results in a later task.

On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Ryan Fisher <rfis...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm attempting to use the file module to delete some cruft left over after installing Wordpress and I'm getting a not found warning when the task executes. Not sure what I'm doing wrong...

On the target host, the path and files exist:

$ ls /var/www/wordpress

$ backwpup_30357501_measurabl-plugins.2017-09-03.txt     backwpup_30357501_wordpress.sql  license.txt ...

Task:

- name: Ensure old backup files do not exist

  file:

    path: "{{ item }}"

    state: absent

  with_fileglob:

    - /var/www/wordpress/backwpup_*

Output when running task:

TASK [measurabl-wordpress : Ensure old backup files do not exist] **************

[WARNING]: Unable to find '/var/www/wordpress' in expected paths.

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