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Converge a protected directory and verify its metadata.

mutatingfiles5 fields

YAML example

- name: Create application directory
  directory:
    path: /etc/example
    state: present
    owner: root
    group: root
    mode: "0755"

Field	Type	Required	Constraint
`path`	string	yes	Absolute managed path.
`state`	string	yes	Desired directory state. `present \| absent`
`owner`	string	—	Required owner name.
`group`	string	—	Required group name.
`mode`	string	—	Four-digit octal mode.