Not tried myself but I wonder if you could use failed_when to reduce the boilerplate a little: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_error_handling.html#controlling-what-defines-failure
Something like this (as I say, untested): --- - hosts: all name: testing tasks: - name: print variable action: debug msg="Does variable exist [{{ ansible_check_mode }}]" - name: Make symlink action: file src="/ohwhat/hai" dest="/there/youare" state=link register: symlinkresult failed_when: "{{ not ( ansible_check_mode) and (symlinkresult | failed) }}" > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/8f32973a-d834-44f9-987a-6ce655d5c60a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.