I’m trying to copy a file out with backup option which works fine. I’m pretty sure I am overlooking over something simple here. Any help is appreciated.
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I'm trying to copy a file out with backup option which works fine. I'm
pretty sure I am overlooking over something simple here. Any help is
appreciated.
For starter you shouldn't use the developer list for user questions
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/community/communication.html#mailing-list-information
---
- hosts: all
become: true
vars:
push: false
fallback: false
jksfile: ''
tasks:
- name: "copy jks"
copy:
src: "/etc/ansible/mydir/install/repo/{{ jksfile }}"
dest: "/mydir/opt/repo/{{ jksfile }}"
owner: me
group: me
backup: yes
when: push == "true"
If you check the return values for the copy module you'll see it return backup_file
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/copy_module.html#return-values
So add «register: result» then you'll have the filename in {{ result.backup_file }}, this might be easier.
- name: "get backup file"
find:
paths: /mydir/opt/repo
patterns: "*{{ ansible_date_time.date }}*"
register: myfile- name: "restore file"
copy:
src: "{{myfile.files|map(attribute='path')|list}}"
dest: "/mydir/opt/repo/{{ jksfile }}"
owner: me
group: me
remote_src: yes
when: fallback == "true"
src doesn't take a list so you need to choose one of the element in the list, to take the first you need
src: "{{(myfile.files|map(attribute='path')|list)[0]}}"
But remember, you might have multiple backups on the same day and find will return them all so you never now which one is in the first element.