With Ansible Runner, how to reset the `env/cmdline` file that is generated post execution?

ShanDesai
Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:54:03 +0000
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I am using ansible-runner with a Click CLI application. I am using the run function to execute my playbooks in the project directory.

I am using some skip-tags to execute specific tasks and skips some other.

Programatically,

from ansible_runner import run

conf = {
  'private_data_dir': '.', # in root dir
  'playbook': 'some_playbook.yml',
}

if some_click_option:
    conf['cmdline'] = '--skip-tags=tagA'

out, rc = run(**conf)

The core logic is sound and works, however the root directory creates the env/cmdline file.

Since he env/cmdline contains the --skip-tags=tagA persists the playbook seems to skips the tasks upon execution even when my CLI doesn’t set the specific option.

Any smart way to purge the env/cmdline post execution?

The only way I can come around is remove the file based on the return code rc value.

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