I am trying to check if some symbolic links exists or not on a windows 2012 R2 machine using win_file module. It works fine in case of directory symbolic links but poses an error when the path specified is a file symbolic link that is actively being used by a process. This link is a link to jar file and here is what i am using in ansible:
win_stat: path=E:\folder\link2\some_dir\link3.jar
I get the following error because the file is actively in use:
“msg”: {
“changed”: false,
“exception”: “At C:\Users\Ishan\AppData\Local\Temp\ansible-tmp-1458122016.24-112690440585191\win_stat.ps1:231 char:9\r\n+ $fp = [System.IO.File]::Open($path, [System.IO.Filemode]::Open, [System. …\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~”,
“failed”: true,
“msg”: “Exception calling "Open" with "3" argument(s): "The process cannot access the file ‘E:\folder\link2\some_dir\link3.jar’ because it is being used by another process."”
}
The script i am writing will need to check if a sym link exists and most of the time it will check that on an active jar file link. How can i make it not pose an error ?