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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/file.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/file.py
index fa9191ee..25946b25 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/file.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/file.py
@@ -28,11 +28,14 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
notes:
- if read in variable context, the file can be interpreted as YAML if the content is valid to the parser.
- this lookup does not understand 'globbing', use the fileglob lookup instead.
+ seealso:
+ - ref: playbook_task_paths
+ description: Search paths used for relative files.
"""
EXAMPLES = """
- ansible.builtin.debug:
- msg: "the value of foo.txt is {{lookup('ansible.builtin.file', '/etc/foo.txt') }}"
+ msg: "the value of foo.txt is {{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', '/etc/foo.txt') }}"
- name: display multiple file contents
ansible.builtin.debug: var=item
@@ -50,9 +53,9 @@ RETURN = """
elements: str
"""
-from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleOptionsError, AnsibleLookupError
from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
from ansible.utils.display import Display
display = Display()
@@ -67,11 +70,10 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
for term in terms:
display.debug("File lookup term: %s" % term)
-
# Find the file in the expected search path
- lookupfile = self.find_file_in_search_path(variables, 'files', term)
- display.vvvv(u"File lookup using %s as file" % lookupfile)
try:
+ lookupfile = self.find_file_in_search_path(variables, 'files', term, ignore_missing=True)
+ display.vvvv(u"File lookup using %s as file" % lookupfile)
if lookupfile:
b_contents, show_data = self._loader._get_file_contents(lookupfile)
contents = to_text(b_contents, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
@@ -81,8 +83,9 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
contents = contents.rstrip()
ret.append(contents)
else:
- raise AnsibleParserError()
- except AnsibleParserError:
- raise AnsibleError("could not locate file in lookup: %s" % term)
+ # TODO: only add search info if abs path?
+ raise AnsibleOptionsError("file not found, use -vvvvv to see paths searched")
+ except AnsibleError as e:
+ raise AnsibleLookupError("The 'file' lookup had an issue accessing the file '%s'" % term, orig_exc=e)
return ret