ansible/tests_new/integration/roles/test_copy/tasks/main.yml

# test code for the copy module and action plugin
# (c) 2014, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>

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- set_fact: output_file={{output_dir}}/foo.txt

- name: initiate a basic copy
  copy: src=foo.txt dest={{output_file}}
  register: copy_result

- name: assert basic copy worked
  assert: 
    that: 
    - "'changed' in copy_result"
    - "'dest' in copy_result"
    - "'group' in copy_result"
    - "'gid' in copy_result"
    - "'md5sum' in copy_result"
    - "'owner' in copy_result"
    - "'size' in copy_result"
    - "'src' in copy_result"
    - "'state' in copy_result"
    - "'uid' in copy_result"


- name: verify that the file was marked as changed
  assert: { that: "copy_result.changed == true" }

- name: verify that the file md5sum is correct
  assert: { that: "copy_result.md5sum == 'c47397529fe81ab62ba3f85e9f4c71f2'" }

- name: check the stat results of the file
  stat: path={{output_file}}
  register: stat_results

- debug: var=stat_results

- assert: { that: "stat_results.stat.exists == true" }
- assert: { that: "stat_results.stat.isblk == false" }
- assert: { that: "stat_results.stat.isfifo == false" }
- assert: { that: "stat_results.stat.isreg == true" }
- assert: { that: "stat_results.stat.issock == false" }
- assert: { that: "stat_results.stat.md5 == 'c47397529fe81ab62ba3f85e9f4c71f2'" }

- name: overwrite the file via same means
  copy: src=foo.txt dest={{output_file}}
  register: copy_result2

- name: verify the copy was marked unchanged
  assert: { that: "not copy_result2|changed" }

- name: overwrite the file using the content system
  copy: content="modified" dest={{output_file}}
  register: copy_result3

- name: verify the copy result was marked changed
  assert: { that: "copy_result3|changed" }

- name: overwrite the file again using the content system
  copy: content="modified" dest={{output_file}}
  register: copy_result4
  
- name: verify the copy result was marked unchanged
  assert: { that: "not copy_result4|changed" }

# TODO: test recursive copy
# TODO: test copy where destination is a directory like {{output_dir}}/ 
# TODO: test that copy fails if the path does not exist
# TODO: ...