#!/usr/bin/python # coding: utf-8 -*- # (c) 2017 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 = r''' --- module: win_tempfile version_added: "2.3" author: Dag Wieers (@dagwieers) short_description: Creates temporary files and directories. description: - Creates temporary files and directories. - For non-Windows targets, please use the M(tempfile) module instead. options: state: description: - Whether to create file or directory. choices: [ file, directory ] default: file path: description: - Location where temporary file or directory should be created. - If path is not specified default system temporary directory (%TEMP%) will be used. default: '%TEMP%' prefix: description: - Prefix of file/directory name created by module. default: ansible. suffix: description: - Suffix of file/directory name created by module. default: '' notes: - For non-Windows targets, please use the M(tempfile) module instead. ''' EXAMPLES = r""" - name: Create temporary build directory win_tempfile: state: directory suffix: build - name: Create temporary file win_tempfile: state: file suffix: temp """ RETURN = r''' path: description: Path to created file or directory returned: success type: string sample: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\ansible.bMlvdk '''