win_stat - returns information about a Windows file

New in version 1.7.

Synopsis

  • Returns information about a Windows file.
  • For non-Windows targets, use the stat module instead.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
checksum_algorithm
(added in 2.3)
    Choices:
  • md5
  • sha1 ←
  • sha256
  • sha384
  • sha512
Algorithm to determine checksum of file. Will throw an error if the host is unable to use specified algorithm.
get_checksum
(added in 2.1)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether to return a checksum of the file (default sha1)
get_md5
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to return the checksum sum of the file. Between Ansible 1.9 and 2.2 this is no longer an MD5, but a SHA1 instead. As of Ansible 2.3 this is back to an MD5. Will return None if host is unable to use specified algorithm.
The default of this option changed from yes to no in Ansible 2.5 and will be removed altogether in Ansible 2.9.
Use get_checksum=true with checksum_algorithm=md5 to return an md5 hash under the checksum return value.
path
required
The full path of the file/object to get the facts of; both forward and back slashes are accepted.

Notes

Note

  • For non-Windows targets, use the stat module instead.

Examples

- name: Obtain information about a file
  win_stat:
    path: C:\foo.ini
  register: file_info

- name: Obtain information about a folder
  win_stat:
    path: C:\bar
  register: folder_info

- name: Get MD5 checksum of a file
  win_stat:
    path: C:\foo.ini
    get_checksum: yes
    checksum_algorithm: md5
  register: md5_checksum

- debug:
    var: md5_checksum.stat.checksum

- name: Get SHA1 checksum of file
  win_stat:
    path: C:\foo.ini
    get_checksum: yes
  register: sha1_checksum

- debug:
    var: sha1_checksum.stat.checksum

- name: Get SHA256 checksum of file
  win_stat:
    path: C:\foo.ini
    get_checksum: yes
    checksum_algorithm: sha256
  register: sha256_checksum

- debug:
    var: sha256_checksum.stat.checksum

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
changed
boolean
 always
Whether anything was changed

Sample:
True
stat
complex
 success
dictionary containing all the stat data
exists
boolean
 success
If the path exists or not

Sample:
True
lnk_target
string
 success, path exists and the path is a symbolic link or junction point
Target of the symlink. Note that relative paths remain relative

Sample:
..\link
lastwritetime
float
 success, path exists
The last modification time of the file represented in seconds since epoch

Sample:
1477984205.15
creationtime
float
 success, path exists
The create time of the file represented in seconds since epoch

Sample:
1477984205.15
lastaccesstime
float
 success, path exists
The last access time of the file represented in seconds since epoch

Sample:
1477984205.15
nlink
int
 success, path exists
Number of links to the file (hard links)

Sample:
1
owner
string
 success, path exists
The owner of the file

Sample:
BUILTIN\Administrators
path
string
 success, path exists, file exists
The full absolute path to the file

Sample:
C:\foo.ini
isarchive
boolean
 success, path exists
If the path is ready for archiving or not

Sample:
True
ishidden
boolean
 success, path exists
If the path is hidden or not

Sample:
True
lnk_source
string
 success, path exists and the path is a symbolic link or junction point
Target of the symlink normalized for the remote filesystem

Sample:
C:\temp\link
size
int
 success, path exists, file is not a link
The size in bytes of a file or folder

Sample:
1024
isdir
boolean
 success, path exists
If the path is a directory or not

Sample:
True
extension
string
 success, path exists, path is a file
The extension of the file at path

Sample:
.ps1
isreadonly
boolean
 success, path exists
If the path is read only or not

Sample:
True
sharename
string
 success, path exists, file is a directory and isshared == True
The name of share if folder is shared

Sample:
file-share
isjunction
boolean
 success, path exists
If the path is a junction point or not

Sample:
True
filename
string
 success, path exists, path is a file
The name of the file (without path)
isreg
boolean
 success, path exists
If the path is a regular file

Sample:
True
hlnk_targets
list
 success, path exists
List of other files pointing to the same file (hard links), excludes the current file

Sample:
['C:\\temp\\file.txt', 'C:\\Windows\\update.log']
checksum
string
 success, path exist, path is a file, get_checksum == True checksum_algorithm specified is supported
The checksum of a file based on checksum_algorithm specified

Sample:
09cb79e8fc7453c84a07f644e441fd81623b7f98
islnk
boolean
 success, path exists
If the path is a symbolic link or not

Sample:
True
attributes
string
 success, path exists
Attributes of the file at path in raw form

Sample:
Archive, Hidden
isshared
boolean
 success, path exists
If the path is shared or not

Sample:
True
md5
string
 success, path exist, path is a file, get_md5 == True
The MD5 checksum of a file (Between Ansible 1.9 and 2.2 this was returned as a SHA1 hash), will be removed in 2.9

Sample:
09cb79e8fc7453c84a07f644e441fd81623b7f98


Status

This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.

Support

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author

  • Chris Church (@cchurch)

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