We couldn't copy to_unicode, to_bytes, to_str into module_utils because
of licensing. So once created it we had two sets of functions that did
the same things but had different implementations. To remedy that, this
change removes the ansible.utils.unicode versions of those functions.
* Introduce new 'filetree' lookup plugin
The new "filetree" lookup plugin makes it possible to recurse over a tree of files within the task loop. This makes it possible to e.g. template a complete tree of files to a target system with little effort while retaining permissions and ownership.
The module supports directories, files and symlinks.
The item dictionary consists of:
- src
- root
- path
- mode
- state
- owner
- group
- seuser
- serole
- setype
- selevel
- uid
- gid
- size
- mtime
- ctime
EXAMPLES:
Here is an example of how we use with_filetree within a role:
```yaml
- name: Create directories
file:
path: /web/{{ item.path }}
state: directory
mode: '{{ item.mode }}'
owner: '{{ item.owner }}'
group: '{{ item.group }}'
force: yes
with_filetree: web/
when: item.state == 'directory'
- name: Template complete tree
file:
src: '{{ item.src }}'
dest: /web/{{ item.path }}
state: 'link'
mode: '{{ item.mode }}'
owner: '{{ item.owner }}'
group: '{{ item.group }}'
with_filetree: web/
when: item.state == 'link'
- name: Template complete tree
template:
src: '{{ item.src }}'
dest: /web/{{ item.path }}
mode: '{{ item.mode }}'
owner: '{{ item.owner }}'
group: '{{ item.group }}'
force: yes
with_filetree: web/
when: item.state == 'file'
```
SPECIAL USE:
The following properties also have its special use:
- root: Makes it possible to filter by original location
- path: Is the relative path to root
- uid, gid: Makes it possible to force-create by exact id, rather than by name
- size, mtime, ctime: Makes it possible to filter out files by size, mtime or ctime
TODO:
- Add snippets to documentation
* Small fixes for Python 3
* Return the portion of the file’s mode that can be set by os.chmod()
And remove the exists=True, which is redundant.
* Use lstat() instead of stat() since we support symlinks
* Avoid a few possible stat() calls
* Bring in line with v1.9 and hybrid plugin
* Remove glob module since we no longer use it
* Included suggestions from @RussellLuo
- Two blank lines will be better. See PEP 8
- I think if props is not None is more conventional 😄
* Support failed pwd/grp lookups
* Implement first-found functionality in the path-order
Timur Vasyunin
Toshio Kuratomi
Dag Wieers