Re: [ansible-project] Creating directory based on dates

[Michael DeHaan]

Look up "register" in the docs.

On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 7:17 AM, Nora Olsen <nora.o...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I'm trying to rsync a bunch of code to a directory that is based on date such as /deployment/releases/<YYYYMMDDHHMMSS> and symlinking it to /deployment/current.

This is similar to Capistrano deploy_to layout.

[deploy_to]
[deploy_to]/releases
[deploy_to]/releases/20080819001122
[deploy_to]/releases/...
[deploy_to]/shared
[deploy_to]/shared/log
[deploy_to]/shared/pids
[deploy_to]/shared/system
[deploy_to]/current -> [deploy_to]/releases/20100819001122

I know I can use the shell command to create the directory but how I can reuse a variable in subsequent actions?

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[Brian Coca]

also you can use the file module to create it, no need to shell

Brian Coca
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[Nora Olsen]

I thought is not possible to use the file module because I'm creating the directory based on the current timestamp. 

I'm currently creating it like this:

action: shell mkdir -p /to/path/`date +%F.%H:%M:%S`

How would I use the file module?

[Jan-Piet Mens]

> How would I use the file module?

I think something like this could do the trick:

tasks:
- action: shell date '+%F.%H:%M:%S'
register: mydate
- action: file dest=/tmp/{{ mydate.stdout }} state=directory

Note how the 'register' keyword as mentioned by Michael "picks" up the
stdout of the command. Later, the `file' action creates the directory
proper, as Brian pointed out.

BTW, the facts obtained by Ansible via `setup' contain the current
date/time in a variety of formats; you may want to look at those.

-JP

[Nora Olsen]

Thanks. Will take a look.

I was also looking into the var variables that can be passed by the command line too.