catch return code

[christia...@itsv.at]

how to i check the return code of a shell command correctly? see error below. looks like a chicken/egg situation to me...create_oml_users should be registerd if rc is 0...any ideas?

- shell: lsuser -R files lsam 2>/dev/null
  register: create_oml_users
  when: create_oml_users.rc == 0
  ignore_errors: true

fatal: [AIXWUKIT]: FAILED! => {}

MSG:

The conditional check 'create_oml_users.rc == 0' failed. The error was: error while evaluating conditional (create_oml_users.rc == 0): 'create_oml_users' is undefined

The error appears to have been in '/etc/ansible/aix/roles/manage_ldap_users/tasks/main.yml': line 13, column 3, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:


- shell: lsuser -R files lsam 2>/dev/null
  ^ here


...ignoring
Enter code here...

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 19.09.2018 12:16, christia...@itsv.at wrote:
> how to i check the return code of a shell command correctly? see error
> below. looks like a chicken/egg situation to me...create_oml_users
> should
> be registerd if rc is 0...any ideas?
>
>
> - shell: lsuser -R files lsam 2>/dev/null
> register: create_oml_users
> when: create_oml_users.rc == 0
> ignore_errors: true
>
> fatal: [AIXWUKIT]: FAILED! => {}

You must do that in the next task, not in the task itself.

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Kai Stian Olstad

[christia...@itsv.at]

wow....guess i need some sleep. sorry for this.

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 19.09.2018 13:37, christia...@itsv.at wrote:
> wow....guess i need some sleep. sorry for this.

No worries, good night and sleep tight :-)

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Kai Stian Olstad

[Brian Coca]

when: executes 'before the command' but you can use
failed_when/changed_when to check the code 'after' in the same task.




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Brian Coca