diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/files/file.py b/lib/ansible/modules/files/file.py index e154d6ad07..0022420909 100644 --- a/lib/ansible/modules/files/file.py +++ b/lib/ansible/modules/files/file.py @@ -336,13 +336,13 @@ def main(): open(path, 'w').close() except OSError, e: module.fail_json(path=path, msg='Error, could not touch target: %s' % str(e)) - elif prev_state in ['file', 'directory']: + elif prev_state in ['file', 'directory', 'hard']: try: os.utime(path, None) except OSError, e: module.fail_json(path=path, msg='Error while touching existing target: %s' % str(e)) else: - module.fail_json(msg='Cannot touch other than files and directories') + module.fail_json(msg='Cannot touch other than files, directories, and hardlinks (%s is %s)' % (path, prev_state)) try: module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(file_args, True) except SystemExit, e: