tempfile – Creates temporary files and directories

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• See Also
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• The tempfile module creates temporary files and directories. mktemp command takes different parameters on various systems, this module helps to avoid troubles related to that. Files/directories created by module are accessible only by creator. In case you need to make them world-accessible you need to use file module.
• For Windows targets, use the win_tempfile module instead.

Parameters

See Also

Examples

- name: create temporary build directory
  tempfile:
    state: directory
    suffix: build

- name: create temporary file
  tempfile:
    state: file
    suffix: temp
  register: tempfile_1

- name: use the registered var and the file module to remove the temporary file
  file:
    path: "{{ tempfile_1.path }}"
    state: absent
  when: tempfile_1.path is defined

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Krzysztof Magosa (@krzysztof-magosa)