link¶

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 2.5.

Synopsis¶

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

Parameter	Defaults / Choices	Comments
_input path		A path.

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

Key	Data Type	Description	Returned
_value	boolean	Returns V(True) if the path corresponds to an existing symlink on the filesystem on the controller, V(False) if otherwise.