( Sorry if this is a repost, I can’t find the original as if it didn’t post )
I’m trying to build out some new Ubuntu machines. One of the things I want to do is remove /root/.bashrc, IF it’s a file and then create a link. Right now I’m using two tasks:
-
name: Remove /root files
command: rm -f /root/{{ item.path }}
with_items: -
{ path: ‘.bashrc’ }
-
{ path: ‘.bash_profile’ }
-
name: Create Root profile links
file:
src: “/root/{{ item.path }}”
dest: “/root/{{ item.dest }}”
state: link
with_items: -
{ path: ‘.profile’, dest: ‘.bash_profile’ }
-
{ path: ‘.profile’, dest: ‘.bashrc’ }
The problem is any time this runs, it removes the 2 files then re-creates them, constant “changes” reported. Is there a better way to do this that will only remove .bashrc if it’s a file, actually if it’s not the link I want, then create it?
-R