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File facts

Modules / file-fact

Inspect a path without following an untrusted symlink.

read-onlyfacts2 fields

YAML example

- name: Inspect configuration
  file_fact:
    path: /etc/example/app.conf
    register: app_config

Field	Type	Required	Constraint
`path`	string	yes	Absolute path to inspect.
`register`	string	yes	Local fact name used by later assertions.