ignore_errors doesn't work with copy?

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I wanted to do a copy IFF the src exists. I thought this would work:

  • copy: src=…/…/…/…/shared/secrets.json dest=/srv/clara/shared/secrets.json backup=yes

ignore_errors: yes

This fails with

fatal: [127.0.0.1] => input file not found at /home/rof/clara/shared/secrets.json or /shared/secrets.json

FATAL: all hosts have already failed – aborting

Is this a typo on my part, working as expected, or a bug?

thanks,
Bryan

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Is this a typo on my part, working as expected, or a bug?

It’s a bug – though also working as expected – as I never expected anyone to try this :slight_smile:

ignore_errors was put there to ignore the return codes in modules returns, not in fatal errors that happen in processing the input, like missing local files. But I can’t see any reason why it shouldn’t work as you say.

Please file a ticket on github and we can make this work as you suggest. The template module should also be similarly modified.

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Hi, has this ever been implemented ?

I’m hitting this same problem with the unarchive module, but anything that checks for local files really, should be affected.