#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Copyright: (c) 2016, Ansible, inc # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) # this is a windows documentation stub. actual code lives in the .ps1 # file of the same name ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1', 'status': ['preview'], 'supported_by': 'community'} DOCUMENTATION = r''' --- module: win_reg_stat version_added: "2.3" short_description: Get information about Windows registry keys description: - Like M(win_file), M(win_reg_stat) will return whether the key/property exists. - It also returns the sub keys and properties of the key specified. - If specifying a property name through I(property), it will return the information specific for that property. options: path: description: The full registry key path including the hive to search for. required: yes aliases: [ key ] name: description: - The registry property name to get information for, the return json will not include the sub_keys and properties entries for the I(key) specified. aliases: [ entry, value, property ] author: - Jordan Borean (@jborean93) ''' EXAMPLES = r''' - name: Obtain information about a registry key using short form win_reg_stat: path: HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion register: current_version - name: Obtain information about a registry key property win_reg_stat: path: HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion name: CommonFilesDir register: common_files_dir ''' RETURN = r''' changed: description: Whether anything was changed. returned: always type: boolean sample: True exists: description: States whether the registry key/property exists. returned: success and path/property exists type: boolean sample: True properties: description: A dictionary containing all the properties and their values in the registry key. returned: success, path exists and property not specified type: dict sample: { "binary_property" : { "raw_value": ["0x01", "0x16"], "type": "REG_BINARY", "value": [1, 22] }, "multi_string_property" : { "raw_value": ["a", "b"], "type": "REG_MULTI_SZ", "value": ["a", "b"] } } sub_keys: description: A list of all the sub keys of the key specified. returned: success, path exists and property not specified type: list sample: [ "AppHost", "Casting", "DateTime" ] raw_value: description: Returns the raw value of the registry property, REG_EXPAND_SZ has no string expansion, REG_BINARY or REG_NONE is in hex 0x format. REG_NONE, this value is a hex string in the 0x format. returned: success, path/property exists and property specified type: string sample: '%ProgramDir%\\Common Files' type: description: The property type. returned: success, path/property exists and property specified type: string sample: "REG_EXPAND_SZ" value: description: The value of the property. returned: success, path/property exists and property specified type: string sample: 'C:\\Program Files\\Common Files' '''