ansible/modules/file.py

288     prev_state = get_state(to_bytes(params['path'], errors='surrogate_or_strict'))
291         if prev_state != 'absent':
292             params['state'] = prev_state
377 def initial_diff(path, state, prev_state):
382     if prev_state != state:
383         diff['before']['state'] = prev_state
385         if state == 'absent' and prev_state == 'directory':
511     prev_state = get_state(b_path)
514     if prev_state != 'absent':
515         diff = initial_diff(path, 'absent', prev_state)
518             if prev_state == 'directory':
540     prev_state = get_state(b_path)
547         if prev_state == 'absent':
558         diff = initial_diff(path, 'touch', prev_state)
567                 if prev_state == 'absent':
579     prev_state = get_state(b_path)
584     if prev_state != 'file':
585         if follow and prev_state == 'link':
589             prev_state = get_state(b_path)
592     if prev_state not in ('file', 'hard'):
594 …  raise AnsibleModuleError(results={'msg': 'file (%s) is %s, cannot continue' % (path, prev_state),
595                                           'path': path, 'state': prev_state})
597     diff = initial_diff(path, 'file', prev_state)
605     prev_state = get_state(b_path)
611     if follow and prev_state == 'link':
615         prev_state = get_state(b_path)
618     diff = initial_diff(path, 'directory', prev_state)
620     if prev_state == 'absent':
657     elif prev_state != 'directory':
659         raise AnsibleModuleError(results={'msg': '%s already exists as a %s' % (path, prev_state),
677     prev_state = get_state(b_path)
701     if prev_state == 'directory':
704                                                      % (prev_state, path),
711     elif prev_state in ('file', 'hard') and not force:
713                                                  % (prev_state, path),
716     diff = initial_diff(path, 'link', prev_state)
719     if prev_state in ('hard', 'file', 'directory', 'absent'):
721     elif prev_state == 'link':
731         if prev_state != 'absent':
737                 if prev_state == 'directory':
780     prev_state = get_state(b_path)
793     diff = initial_diff(path, 'hard', prev_state)
796     if prev_state == 'absent':
798     elif prev_state == 'link':
804     elif prev_state == 'hard':
810     elif prev_state == 'file':
813 …     raise AnsibleModuleError(results={'msg': 'Cannot link, %s exists at destination' % prev_state,
815     elif prev_state == 'directory':
827         if prev_state != 'absent':
833                 if prev_state == 'directory':