- name: create temporary build directory tempfile: state: directory suffix: ansible_test_leave_links_alone_during_touch register: tempdir - name: create file copy: mode: 0600 content: "chicken" dest: "{{ tempdir.path }}/somefile" - name: Create relative link file: src: somefile dest: "{{ tempdir.path }}/somelink" state: link - stat: path: "{{ tempdir.path }}/somelink" register: link - stat: path: "{{ tempdir.path }}/somefile" register: file - assert: that: - "file.stat.mode == '0600'" - "link.stat.lnk_target == 'somefile'" - file: path: "{{ tempdir.path }}/somelink" mode: 0644 - stat: path: "{{ tempdir.path }}/somelink" register: link - stat: path: "{{ tempdir.path }}/somefile" register: file - assert: that: - "file.stat.mode == '0644'" - "link.stat.lnk_target == 'somefile'"