community.windows.win_file_version – Get DLL or EXE file build version

Note

This plugin is part of the community.windows collection (version 1.7.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.windows.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.windows.win_file_version.

Synopsis

  • Get DLL or EXE file build version.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
path
path / required
File to get version.
Always provide absolute path.

Notes

Note

  • This module will always return no change.

See Also

See also

ansible.windows.win_file

The official documentation on the ansible.windows.win_file module.

Examples

- name: Get acm instance version
  community.windows.win_file_version:
    path: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
  register: exe_file_version

- debug:
    msg: '{{ exe_file_version }}'

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
file_build_part
string
no error
build number of the file.

file_major_part
string
no error
the major part of the version number.

file_minor_part
string
no error
the minor part of the version number of the file.

file_private_part
string
no error
file private part number.

file_version
string
no error
File version number..

path
string
always
file path

product_version
string
no error
The version of the product this file is distributed with.



Authors

  • Sam Liu (@SamLiu79)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/windows/win_file_version_module.html