when condition

[Diogene Laerce]

Hi,

I would like to evaluate the following condition :

#############################################

- name: Make Debian package
shell: command=make deb chdir=/home/{{ user_installer }}/src/Python.3.4.1
when: "os.path.isdir('/home/{{ user_installer }}/src/Python-3.4.1') == True"

#############################################

But I get this error message :

"error when evaluating conditional"

The condition should return True. Do I do something syntactically wrong ?
I saw this syntax on Google but with previous versions of Ansible, does
it still
support this ?

Thanks,

--
“One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.”
“Le vrai n'est pas plus sûr que le probable.”

Diogene Laerce

[Michael DeHaan]

You don't use Jinja2 inside when statements.   Further, not all python functions, including the OS module, are exposed, and what you are saying would be an implicit local operation anyway.

You would need to run the stat module, register the result, and use that

- stat: path=/path/to/file

  register: foo

- deubg: var=foo  # see what's available in foo, just as an FYI

- shell: example

  when: foo.stat.isdir

[Diogene Laerce]

Hi Michael,

Thanks ! And "second hit bird" : I know now what my Debian shell means
by : "cannot stat".. Re-thanks. ;)

On 07/18/2014 08:15 PM, Michael DeHaan wrote:
> You don't use Jinja2 inside when statements. Further, not all python
> functions, including the OS module, are exposed, and what you are saying
> would be an implicit local operation anyway.
>
> You would need to run the stat module, register the result, and use that
>
> - stat: path=/path/to/file
> register: foo
>
> - deubg: var=foo # see what's available in foo, just as an FYI
>
> - shell: example
> when: foo.stat.isdir
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 12:31 PM, 'Diogene Laerce' via Ansible Project
> <ansible...@googlegroups.com

> <mailto:ansible...@googlegroups.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to evaluate the following condition :
>
> #############################################
>
> - name: Make Debian package
> shell: command=make deb chdir=/home/{{ user_installer
> }}/src/Python.3.4.1
> when: "os.path.isdir('/home/{{ user_installer }}/src/Python-3.4.1')
> == True"
>
> #############################################
>
> But I get this error message :
>
> "error when evaluating conditional"
>
> The condition should return True. Do I do something syntactically
> wrong ?
> I saw this syntax on Google but with previous versions of Ansible, does
> it still
> support this ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> “One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.”
> “Le vrai n'est pas plus sûr que le probable.”
>
> Diogene Laerce
>
>
>
>

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