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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ansible/modules/file.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ansible/modules/file.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/file.py b/lib/ansible/modules/file.py index 0aa9183..564d7f6 100644 --- a/lib/ansible/modules/file.py +++ b/lib/ansible/modules/file.py @@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ # Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) -from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function -__metaclass__ = type +from __future__ import annotations DOCUMENTATION = r''' @@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ options: - > Force the creation of the symlinks in two cases: the source file does not exist (but will appear later); the destination exists and is a file (so, we need to unlink the - O(path) file and create symlink to the O(src) file in place of it). + O(path) file and create a symlink to the O(src) file in place of it). type: bool default: no follow: @@ -74,6 +73,8 @@ options: - This flag indicates that filesystem links, if they exist, should be followed. - O(follow=yes) and O(state=link) can modify O(src) when combined with parameters such as O(mode). - Previous to Ansible 2.5, this was V(false) by default. + - While creating a symlink with a non-existent destination, set O(follow) to V(false) to avoid a warning message related to permission issues. + The warning message is added to notify the user that we can not set permissions to the non-existent destination. type: bool default: yes version_added: '1.8' |