win_find module failing to find files when it cannot access a single file in a Dicrectory

[vamshideveloper]

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

win_find

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible 2.3.2.0
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
  python version = 2.7.5 (default, Aug  2 2016, 04:20:16) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4)]

CONFIGURATION

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Running ansible from: Linux VM-TOWERFF1.iam.sungard.prod 3.10.0-514.6.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Dec 10 11:15:38 EST 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
managing: windows server 2008 R2 Enterprise

SUMMARY

I was trying to find all files from c:\windows\Temp with win_find module and trying to delete them with win_file module but win_find module failing with the following error
But win_find module is working fine with all dir so what i found was, in Temp dir there are some files which ansible user cannot access (delete/move/copy etc) so i think this problem is because of these files but i dont want to touch those files as i want to run win_find on 250 servers. So i just want win_find module to skip the files which it cannot access and find remaining instead of failing whole playbook

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

- name: finding files  (C:\Windows\Temp)
    win_find:
      paths: C:\\Windows\\Temp    
    register: regi_windir 
    tags: coex_windir    
    
  - name: Cleaning files older than 1 days (C:\Windows\Temp)
    win_file:
      path: "{{ item.path }}"
      state: absent                
    with_items: 
      - "{{ regi_windir.files }}"
    tags: coex_windir 

EXPECTED RESULTS

Finding all files under Temp dir and registering in regi_windir and deleting the files which were registered

ACTUAL RESULTS

ERROR:{
    "_ansible_parsed": false,
    "_ansible_no_log": false,
    "module_stderr": "Exception calling \"Open\" with \"4\" argument(s): \"The process cannot access the \r\nfile 'C:\\Windows\\Temp\\hsperfdata_VM-ASPCOEXTSM04$\\2016' because it is being \r\nused by another process.\"\r\nAt line:295 char:13\r\n+             $fp = [System.IO.File]::Open($path, [System.IO.Filemode]::Open, \r\n[Sys ...\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n~~~\r\n    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordE \r\n   xception\r\n    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : IOException\r\n \r\n\r\n",
    "changed": false,
    "module_stdout": "",
    "failed": true,
    "rc": 1,
    "msg": "MODULE FAILURE"
}

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[jborean93]

This looks like it is related to #26885, are you able to run the module with get_checksum: no as it seems like it is trying to get a checksum on an open file and then fails.

We should have a better error message but this should solve your issue for now.

[vamshideveloper]

So, i added (get_checksum: False) but it fails with the same error above

 - name: finding files older than 1 days (C:\Windows\Temp)
    win_find:
      paths: C:\\Windows\\Temp
      get_checksum: False        
    register: regi_windir 
    tags: coex_windir    
     
- name: Cleaning files older than 1 days (C:\Windows\Temp)
   win_file:
     path: "{{ item.path }}"
     state: absent                
   with_items: 
     - "{{ regi_windir.files }}"
   tags: coex_windir

[jborean93]

That's weird $fp = [System.IO.File]::Open() should never be called if get_checksum: False and I've tested it locally to verify that. Are you able to verify that one more time making sure the error is exactly the same.

I'm going to write a patch to the module though to skip files it fails to access as that is more in line with the find module which should help in your case.

[vamshideveloper]

Tried again same error

[jborean93]

@vamsifeb27 are you able to test out the changes I've made at #32105? It should hopefully solve your issues and make win_find just skip the files it does not have access to.

[vamshideveloper]

Can you please send me the link of updated module

[vamshideveloper]

I am using this module in library https://github.com/jborean93/ansible/blob/22c7e08e1f27e63a55001ba88085f74d071f012c/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_find.ps1
but i am getting below error
{
"_ansible_parsed": false,
"_ansible_no_log": false,
"module_stderr": "Parse-Args : The term 'Parse-Args' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, \r\nfunction, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or \r\nif a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.\r\nAt line:11 char:11\r\n+ $params = Parse-Args -arguments $args -supports_check_mode $true\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~\r\n + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Parse-Args:String) [], ParentCo \r\n ntainsErrorRecordException\r\n + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException\r\n \r\n\r\n",
"changed": false,
"module_stdout": "",
"failed": true,
"rc": 1,
"msg": "MODULE FAILURE"
}

[jborean93]

If you are on Ansible 2.3, you will need to change the line near the top of the file

#Requires -Module Ansible.ModuleUtils.Legacy

to

# WANT_JSON
# POWERSHELL_COMMON

The #Requires is the new syntax to follow and was adding in 2.4 but you can still get it working with older versions by changing it.

[jborean93]

Changes have been merged into devel and cherry-picked to 2.4. Will be available in 2.4.2 rc1 6a73339

[findtu]

I encountered the same issue when I use the following scripts. My ansible version is 2.5.0, any suggestions? @jborean93 Thanks.
- name: Collect RPT logs info
win_find:
paths: "{{workspace_path}}\{{project_name}}\Results"
patterns: "*.csv"
get_checksum: False
register: rpt_logs_to_copy

- debug: var=rpt_logs_to_copy      
  
- name: move the RPT logs to working foler
  win_shell: mv "{{item.path}}" "{{ __log_folder }}"
  with_items: "{{rpt_logs_to_copy.files}}"

[findtu]

TASK [Collect RPT logs info] ***************************************************
[WARNING]: win_find failed to check some files, these files were ignored and
will not be part of the result output