RE: [ansible-project] Re: ansible fetch fails but creates zero-length file

2018-10-03 Thread 'Hymowitz, Eric B. (GSFC-444.0)[KBRwyle]' via Ansible Project
My problem isn’t “the file didn’t copy”. I know why the file didn’t copy. The question is, why did a zero-length destination file appear when the file didn’t copy? If the file didn’t copy, then my destination should not exist. --EbH From: ansible-project@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Brad V

RE: [ansible-project] Re: ansible fetch fails but creates zero-length file

2018-10-03 Thread 'Hymowitz, Eric B. (GSFC-444.0)[KBRwyle]' via Ansible Project
I made a mistake – it’s not “for whatever reason the file cannot be copied” ... but it happens (at least) when I can’t open the remote file (permission denied). [ehymowitz test]$ ls -al cougar total 8,192 drwx--. 2 ehymowitz ehymowitz 4,096 Oct 3 13:15 . drwx--. 3 ehymowitz ehymowitz 4,