lineinfile fails with a path only containing a file name

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Hello,

It seems that I found a bug with the lineinfile module:

  • name: lineinfile fails with a path only containing a file name
    lineinfile: dest=afile regexp=“something” line=“something”

It fails with an error like:

failed: [iterativeocean.biz] => {“failed”: true, “item”: “”, “parsed”: false}
invalid output was: Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/home/pierre/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1378933589.79-184488600904880/lineinfile”, line 1255, in
main()
File “/home/pierre/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1378933589.79-184488600904880/lineinfile”, line 319, in main
ins_aft, ins_bef, create, backup, backrefs)
File “/home/pierre/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1378933589.79-184488600904880/lineinfile”, line 163, in present
os.makedirs(destpath)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py”, line 157, in makedirs
mkdir(name, mode)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘’

So, in that case, the directory is empty.

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I am on version 1.3 from fresh branch devel.

3

I am having a hard time with lineinfile. It seems that the module is completely broken. Could it be?

I wait for an answer before giving more information.

Thank you.

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Module work fine for me and many others. You probably want to use an
absolute filename for dest, all the examples do. Checkout the command:

    ansible-doc lineinfile

K

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