From c47d12148140ff3e456998f8d2b3f02bdaf356bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Pennypacker <bpennypacker@care.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:32:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] don't fail if the file doesn't exist.  Just set 'exists' to
 true/false as appropriate

---
 library/files/stat | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/library/files/stat b/library/files/stat
index f05317f873..95a630e7d5 100644
--- a/library/files/stat
+++ b/library/files/stat
@@ -55,12 +55,17 @@ def main():
     try:
         st = os.stat(path)
     except OSError, e:
+        if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+            d = { 'exists' : False }
+            module.exit_json(changed=False, stat=d)
+       
         module.fail_json(msg = e.strerror)
 
     mode = st.st_mode
 
     # back to ansible
     d = {
+        'exists'   : True,
         'mode'     : S_IMODE(mode),
         'isdir'    : S_ISDIR(mode),
         'ischr'    : S_ISCHR(mode),