linuxansiblesymlink

How to create a symlink using ansible.builtin.file with wildcard in src path?

I'm trying code

    - name: create a symlink
      ansible.builtin.file:
        src: /usr/share/easy-rsa/*
        dest: ~/easy-rsa/
        state: link

but getting err Error while replacing: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: b'/usr/share/easy-rsa/*'

Is it possible to create a symlink with ansible.builtin.file using wildcard?

Solution

  • Is it possible to create a symlink with ansible.builtin.file using wildcard?

    In short,

    No. Symbolic link resolution is handled by the kernel whereas globbing is shell-specific.1

    No, that is not how file systems work. A file system stores existing file names, not potential file names.2

    If using shell module with Bash you could do something like this.

    The long answer would be to check the existence of directories and create the symlinks within a loop. For this a few tasks will be necessary.

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