Ansible delete files under a specific directory is failing

Dick_Visser · December 19, 2018, 9:56am

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

I.E. it gets deleted

Dick_Visser · December 19, 2018, 10:24am

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

Karl_Auer · December 19, 2018, 10:57am

Looks relevant:

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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