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Allow cron_file to be an absolute path

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Support specifying an absolute path (typically /etc/crontab) rather than
a path relative to /etc/cron.d, to allow modifying the main system crontab.
Particularly useful for target systems that have /etc/crontab but no
/etc/cron.d.
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Thomas Quinot 2016-01-06 15:08:53 +01:00 committed by Matt Clay
parent 519e699b98
commit ef3308159f
1 changed files with 8 additions and 3 deletions
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lib/ansible/modules/system/cron.py
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@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ options:
choices: [ "present", "absent" ] choices: [ "present", "absent" ]
cron_file: cron_file:
description: description:
- If specified, uses this file in cron.d instead of an individual user's crontab. - If specified, uses this file instead of an individual user's crontab.
If this is a relative path, it is interpreted with respect to
/etc/cron.d. (If it is absolute, it will typically be /etc/crontab).
To use the C(cron_file) parameter you must specify the C(user) as well. To use the C(cron_file) parameter you must specify the C(user) as well.
required: false required: false
default: null default: null
@ -211,7 +213,7 @@ class CronTab(object):
CronTab object to write time based crontab file CronTab object to write time based crontab file
user - the user of the crontab (defaults to root) user - the user of the crontab (defaults to root)
cron_file - a cron file under /etc/cron.d cron_file - a cron file under /etc/cron.d, or an absolute path
""" """
def __init__(self, module, user=None, cron_file=None): def __init__(self, module, user=None, cron_file=None):
self.module = module self.module = module
@ -221,7 +223,10 @@ class CronTab(object):
self.ansible = "#Ansible: " self.ansible = "#Ansible: "
if cron_file: if cron_file:
self.cron_file = '/etc/cron.d/%s' % cron_file if os.path.isabs(cron_file):
self.cron_file = cron_file
else:
self.cron_file = os.path.join('/etc/cron.d', cron_file)
else: else:
self.cron_file = None self.cron_file = None