#!/usr/bin/python # coding: utf-8 -*- # Copyright: (c) 2017, Dag Wieers # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1', 'status': ['preview'], 'supported_by': 'community'} DOCUMENTATION = r''' --- module: win_tempfile version_added: "2.3" author: - Dag Wieers (@dagwieers) short_description: Creates temporary files and directories description: - Creates temporary files and directories. - For non-Windows targets, please use the M(tempfile) module instead. options: state: description: - Whether to create file or directory. choices: [ directory, file ] default: file path: description: - Location where temporary file or directory should be created. - If path is not specified default system temporary directory (%TEMP%) will be used. type: path default: '%TEMP%' prefix: description: - Prefix of file/directory name created by module. default: ansible. suffix: description: - Suffix of file/directory name created by module. default: '' notes: - For non-Windows targets, please use the M(tempfile) module instead. ''' EXAMPLES = r""" - name: Create temporary build directory win_tempfile: state: directory suffix: build - name: Create temporary file win_tempfile: state: file suffix: temp """ RETURN = r''' path: description: The absolute path to the created file or directory. returned: success type: string sample: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\ansible.bMlvdk '''