# Obtain the stats of /etc/foo.conf, and check that the file still belongs
# to 'root'. Fail otherwise.
- stat: path=/etc/foo.conf
register: st
- fail: msg="Whoops! file ownership has changed"
when: st.stat.pw_name != 'root'
# Determine if a path exists and is a directory. Note we need to test
# both that p.stat.isdir actually exists, and also that it's set to true.
- stat: path=/path/to/something
register: p
- debug: msg="Path exists and is a directory"
when: p.stat.isdir is defined and p.stat.isdir == true
# Don't do md5 checksum
- stat: path=/path/to/myhugefile get_md5=no