# This must be a play as we need to invoke it with the ANSIBLE_SCP_IF_SSH env # to control the mechanism used. Unfortunately while ansible_scp_if_ssh is # documented, it isn't actually used hence the separate invocation --- - name: further fetch tests with metachar characters in filename hosts: windows force_handlers: yes serial: 1 gather_facts: no tasks: - name: setup remote tmp dir import_role: name: ../../setup_remote_tmp_dir - name: create remote file with metachar in name win_copy: content: some content dest: '{{ remote_tmp_dir }}\file ^with &whoami' - name: test fetch against a file with cmd metacharacters block: - name: fetch file with metachar in name fetch: src: '{{ remote_tmp_dir }}\file ^with &whoami' dest: ansible-test.txt flat: yes register: fetch_res - name: assert fetch file with metachar in name assert: that: - fetch_res is changed - fetch_res.checksum == '94e66df8cd09d410c62d9e0dc59d3a884e458e05' always: - name: remove local copy of file file: path: ansible-test.txt state: absent delegate_to: localhost