Ansible (12) file module, ansible12file Module

Ansible (12) file module, ansible12file Module
File Module

Before the ansible command line, there was a copy module. In the era of playbook, there was also a module dedicated to copying files. Of course, this era is not just as simple as copying files.

Official explanations:

The file module contains the creation, copying, moving, and deletion operations of files, folders, and hyperlink classes.

Common Parameters

Parameter Name	Required?	Default Value	Option	Description
Follow	No	No	Yes/no	If the original file is a link, it is still a link after the copy.
Force	No	No	Yes/no	Enforced, not mentioned
Group	No			Sets the permission for a group to copy files to a remote node.
Mode	No			Equivalent to chmod, the parameter can be "u + rwx or u = rw, g = r, o = r"
Owner	No			Sets the permission for a user to copy files to a remote node.
Path	Yes			Target path, which can also be replaced by dest and name
Src	Yes			The original location of the file/folder to be copied.
State	No	File	File/link/directory/hard/touch/absent	File indicates that a file is copied, link indicates that a soft link is finally made, directory indicates a folder, hard indicates a hard link, touch indicates that an empty file is generated, and absent indicates that a file is deleted.

Case

# Modify all groups, persons, and permissions of files. -File: path =/etc/foo. conf owner = foo group = foo mode = 0644 # operation link case-file: src =/file/to/link/to dest =/path/to/symlink owner = foo group = foo state = link # parameterized case-file: src =/tmp/{item. path} dest = {item. dest} state = link with_items:-{path: 'X', dest: 'y'}-{path: 'Z', dest: 'K'} # use touch to create an empty file and define the permission-file: path =/etc/foo. conf state = touch mode = "u = rw, g = r, o = r" # touch an empty file and modify the permission-file: path =/etc/foo. conf state = touch mode = "u + rw, g-wx, o-rwx"

How? Is it similar to copy?