Re: [ansible-project] Ansible delete files under a specific directory is failing

[Dick Visser]

This is expected as the ‘dest’ Parameter that you want to be absent is the webapps directory 

I.E. it gets deleted 

On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 at 08:14, <anushake...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Team,

I am trying to delete files under a specific directory but not directory. Please find the below yaml files.

Playbook.yml

---

- hosts: all

    tasks:

    - name: Ansible remove file

      file:

        path: "{{ item.dest }}"

        state: absent

      with_items:

            - "{{ SAMPLE }}"

            - "{{ SAMPLE_TMP }}" 

vars/main.yml

---

SAMPLE:

- { src: '/tmp/abc.war', dest: '/tmp/test/' }

- { src: '/tmp/def.war', dest: 'tmp/test/' }

- { src: '/tmp/xyz.war', dest: '/tmp/test/' }

SAMPLE_TMP:

- { src: /tmp/test/abc.war, dest: /app/tomcatprofile/abc/webapps/ }

- { src: '/tmp/test/def.war', dest: '/app/tomcatprofile/def/webapps/' }

- { src: '/tmp/test/xyz.war', dest: '/app/tomcatprofile/test/webapps/' }

In the first loop SAMPLE all files under test folder are getting cleared but in the second loop...webapps folder itself is getting deleted....Could someone please help.

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[Dick Visser]

The only really reliable way to do this I found is to first register the actual files, filter them and then delete them 

On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 at 11:13, <anushake...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you for your quick response. May I know how to delete all files under a specific directory.

I tried by giving star it is working fine by deleting all files under directory but while copying files it is copying by * name.

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[Karl Auer]

Looks relevant:

http://www.mydailytutorials.com/ansible-delete-multiple-files-directories-ansible/

Search in the page for "A better option" to find the right stuff.

I haven't tested the techniques myself, though.

Regards, K.

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