update template and add logging dir

defaults/main.yml

@@ -59,3 +59,6 @@ restic_archiver__default_opt: ''
 restic_archiver__additional_mail_msg: ''
 # version check for this playbook (true is recomended)
 submodules_versioncheck: false
+
+restic_archiver__cache_config: false
+restic_archiver__cache_dir: '~/.cache/restic'

templates/restic_forget_snapshots.j2

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # {{ ansible_managed }}
 # This file is to cleanup your backup archive and move some snapshots to a external storage.
+{% if restic_archiver__cache_config | bool %}
+
+# define cache directory
+export XDG_CACHE_HOME={{ restic_archiver__cache_dir }}
+{% endif %}
+
 
 
 {% if restic_archiver__mail_report | default(false) %}
@@ -74,12 +80,6 @@ START DUING STUFF INSIDE THE RESTIC REPO FOR LOOP
 { # try
 
 
-{% if restic_archiver__mail_report | default(false) %}
-# collect info about last snapshot for mail report
-restic {{ restic_archiver__default_opt }} stats latest | grep Total
-{% endif %}
-
-
 {% if restic_archiver__mount_required %}
 if mountpoint -q {{ restic_archiver__mount_disk }}
 then
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="{{ repo['location'] }}"
 export RESTIC_PASSWORD='{{ repo['password'] | regex_replace('\'', '\'\\\'\'') }}' 2>/dev/null
 BACKUP_NAME="{{ repo.name }}"
 
+{% if restic_archiver__mail_report | default(false) %}
+# collect info about last snapshot for mail report
+restic {{ restic_archiver__default_opt }} stats latest | grep Total
+{% endif %}
+
+
 echo "init $BACKUP_NAME"
 restic {{ restic_archiver__default_opt }} forget {{ retention_pattern(repo) }}
 

vars/main.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
-playbook_version_number: 41  # should be int
+playbook_version_number: 42  # should be int
 playbook_version_path: 'role-restic_archiver_roles-ansible_github.com.version'