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Delete a folder before recreating it with ansible-playbook

ansible.cfg

[defaults]
hostfile=hosts.ini

delete_and_recreate.yml

---
- hosts: machine
  vars:
    app_path: /tmp/dingus/
    env_user: vagrant
  tasks:
    - name: create inodes
      file: >
        dest={{ item.dest }}
        state={{ item.state }}
        owner={{ env_user }}
        group={{ env_user }}
        mode={{ item.mode }}
        recurse={{ item.recurse }}
      with_items:
        - { dest: "{{ app_path }}", state: absent, mode: "0755", recurse: False } # delete file
        - { dest: "{{ app_path }}", state: directory, mode: "0755", recurse: True }
    #- file: >
        #dest=/tmp/bower_components/
        #state=absent
    #- copy: >
        #src=bower_components/
        #dest=/tmp/bower_components/
    #- synchronize: >
        #src=bower_components/
        #dest=/tmp/bower_components/
        #rsync_opts='-e "ssh -p 2222"'

# TODO
#- [ ] pm2 kill
#- [ ] file + copy module
#- [ ] otherwise synchronize module

hosts.ini

[machine]
localhost ansible_ssh_port=2222 ansible_ssh_user=vagrant

Vagrantfile

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"

Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
  config.vm.box = "hashicorp/precise64"
  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
    vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "256"]
  end
end