creating directories (mkdir -p)

[Bobby Billingsley]

I'm trying to create a subdirectory (to a not-necessarily existing directory) and failing utterly :-(

So far I've tried:

    - name: ensure config dir exists

      file: path={{base_dir}}/config state=directory mode=0755

      tags: myprog,confdir

base_dir is defined in the appropriate vars.yml:

base_dir: /home/my/base

both of which give me the following output:

    TASK: [ensure config dir exists] **********************

    changed: [host01]

    changed: [host02]

This leads me to believe that the dir should've been created.

However, the next task in the play:

    - name: ensure handy symlink exists

      file: src={{base_dir}} dest=/mybase state=link

      tags: myprog,rootlink

fails miserably:

    TASK: [ensure handy symlink exists] *******************

    failed: [host01] => {"failed": true, "path": "/mybase", "src": "/home/my/base", "state": "absent"}

    msg: src file does not exist, use "force=yes" if you really want to create the link: /home/my/base

    failed: [host02] => {"failed": true, "path": "/mybase", "src": "/home/my/base", "state": "absent"}

    msg: src file does not exist, use "force=yes" if you really want to create the link: /home/my/base

so i tried a different tack:

        - name: ensure config dir exists

          command: /bin/mkdir -p {{base_dir}}/config creates={{base_dir}}/config

          tags: myprog,confdir

which also fails to do what I was expecting.

Checking the /home directory on both destinations reveals that no intermediate directories were created.

I'm stumped - any suggestions?

/bobby