added possibility to force symlinks to none-existent destination (which might appear later)

13 years ago · 6c44e264c9
parent 57154b04bb
commit 6c44e264c9
1 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/library/files/file
+++ b/library/files/file
@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ def main():
            abs_src = src
        else:
            module.fail_json(msg="absolute paths are required")
-        if not os.path.exists(abs_src):
+
+        if not os.path.exists(abs_src) and not force:
            module.fail_json(path=path, src=src, msg='src file does not exist')

        if prev_state == 'absent':