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doc update

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bennojoy 2013-09-25 10:22:51 +05:30
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@ -467,11 +467,11 @@ Do/Until
Sometimes you would want to retry a task till a certain condition is met, In such conditions the Do/Until feature will help.
Here's an example which show's the syntax to be applied for the task.
- action: shell /usr/bin/foo
register: result
until: register.stdout.find("all systems go") != -1
retries: 5
delay: 10
- action: shell /usr/bin/foo
register: result
until: register.stdout.find("all systems go") != -1
retries: 5
delay: 10
The above example run the shell module recursively till the module's result has "all systems go" in it's stdout or the task has
been retried for 5 times with a delay of 10 seconds. The default value for "retries" is 3 and "delay" is 5.
@ -480,12 +480,15 @@ The task returns the results returned by the last task run. The results of indiv
The results will have a new key "attempts" which will have the number of the retries for the task.
.. note::
The Do/Until does not take decision on whether to fail or pass the play when the maximum retries are completed, the user can
can do that in the next task as follows:
The Do/Until does not take decision on whether to fail or pass the play when the maximum retries are completed, the user can
can do that in the next task as follows:
- name: fail the play
fail: msg=" This play fails as the foo exceeded maximum retries"
fail_when: register.attempts >= 5
- action: shell /usr/bin/foo
register: result
until: register.stdout.find("all systems go") != -1
retries: 5
delay: 10
failed_when: result.attempts == 5
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