How to prepare a task, which will do a change?

[Cev Ing]

I have a task, which replaces a shared library on a system. But before I copy the shared library, I want do deactivate the library in a configuration file. But I do not want to deactivate the library, if it is already up-to-date. How can I conditionally execute a task based on the information, that a succeeding task will do a change? Or how can I just compare files?

[Brian Coca]

The stat module returns checksums and you can compare those to verify the file, then proceed as needed. This is what copy uses internally to make the same decision.

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[Cev Ing]

Am Montag, 30. Januar 2017 19:33:51 UTC+1 schrieb Brian Coca:

The stat module returns checksums and you can compare those to verify the file, then proceed as needed. This is what copy uses internally to make the same decision.

I run now copy with `check_mode: true`. Seems to be easier.

[Brian Coca]

copy itself executes the stat module to decide to copy or not


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