ansible.builtin.link_exists test – does the path exist, no follow

Note

This test plugin is part of ansible-core and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short plugin name link_exists. However, we recommend you use the Fully Qualified Collection Name (FQCN) ansible.builtin.link_exists for easy linking to the plugin documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same test plugin name.

Synopsis

• Check if the provided path maps to an existing symlink on the controller’s filesystem (localhost).

• Does not follow symlinks, so it only verifies that the link itself exists.

Input

This describes the input of the test, the value before is ansible.builtin.link_exists or is not ansible.builtin.link_exists.

Parameter	Comments
Input path	A path.

Examples

ismyhostsalink: "{{ '/etc/hosts' is link_exists}}"
list_of_symlinks: "{{ list_of_paths | select('link_exists') }}"

Return Value

Key	Description
Return value boolean	Returns True if the path corresponds to an existing filesystem object on the controller, False if otherwise. Returned: success

Authors

• Ansible Core

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.

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