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
Input
Examples
Return Value

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.

Collection links

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/link_exists_test.html