realpath

Collection Note

This module is part of the ansible.builtin collection. To install the collection, use:

ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.builtin

Added in version 1.8.

Synopsis

• Resolves/follows symlinks to return the 'real path' from a given path.
• Filters always run on the controller so this path is resolved using the controller's filesystem.

Parameters

Parameter	Defaults / Choices	Comments
_input path required		A path.

Examples

# realpath => /usr/bin/somebinary
realpath: {{ '/path/to/synlink' | realpath }}

Return Values

Key	Data Type	Description	Returned
_value	path	The canonical path.

Authors

• Darkone23 (@darkone23)