#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # (c) 2016, Dag Wieers # # This file is part of Ansible # # Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with Ansible. If not, see . ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0', 'status': ['preview'], 'supported_by': 'community'} DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: win_shortcut version_added: '2.3' short_description: Manage shortcuts on Windows description: - Create, manage and delete Windows shortcuts options: src: description: - Executable or URL the shortcut points to. - The executable needs to be in your PATH, or has to be an absolute path to the executable. description: description: - Description for the shortcut. - This is usually shown when hoovering the icon. dest: description: - Destination file for the shortcuting file. - File name should have a C(.lnk) or C(.url) extension. required: yes args: description: - Additional arguments for the executable defined in C(src). directory: description: - Working directory for executable defined in C(src). icon: description: - Icon used for the shortcut. - File name should have a C(.ico) extension. - The file name is followed by a comma and the number in the library file (.dll) or use 0 for an image file. hotkey: description: - Key combination for the shortcut. windowstyle: description: - Influences how the application is displayed when it is launched. choices: - maximized - minimized - normal state: description: - When C(present), creates or updates the shortcut. When C(absent), removes the shortcut if it exists. choices: - absent - present default: present author: - Dag Wieers (@dagwieers) notes: - 'The following options can include Windows environment variables: C(dest), C(args), C(description), C(dest), C(directory), C(icon) C(src)' - 'Windows has two types of shortcuts: Application and URL shortcuts. URL shortcuts only consists of C(dest) and C(src)' ''' EXAMPLES = r''' - name: Create an application shortcut on the desktop win_shortcut: src: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe dest: C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Mozilla Firefox.lnk icon: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe,0 - name: Create the same shortcut using environment variables win_shortcut: description: The Mozilla Firefox web browser src: '%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe' dest: '%Public%\Desktop\Mozilla Firefox.lnk' icon: '%ProgramFiles\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe,0' directory: '%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox' - name: Create an application shortcut for an executable in PATH to your desktop win_shortcut: src: cmd.exe dest: Desktop\Command prompt.lnk - name: Create an application shortcut for the Ansible website win_shortcut: src: '%ProgramFiles%\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe' dest: '%UserProfile%\Desktop\Ansible website.lnk' args: --new-window https://ansible.com/ directory: '%ProgramFiles%\Google\Chrome\Application' icon: '%ProgramFiles%\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe,0' - name: Create a URL shortcut for the Ansible website win_shortcut: src: https://ansible.com/ dest: '%Public%\Desktop\Ansible website.url' ''' RETURN = ''' '''