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Clarifies File module docs re: absent state (#28748)

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- The passage beginning "Note that file will not fail..." was slightly
  unclear about the fact that it referred to the behavior of the module
  when `state` is set to `absent`.
- Fixes #23203
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Christopher Torgalson
2017-08-30 16:00:30 +02:00
committed by Martin Křížek
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or M(template) module if you want that behavior. If C(link), the symbolic
link will be created or changed. Use C(hard) for hardlinks. If C(absent),
directories will be recursively deleted, and files or symlinks will be unlinked.
Note that C(file) will not fail if the C(path) does not exist as the state did not change.
Note that C(absent) will not cause C(file) to fail if the C(path) does not exist
as the state did not change.
If C(touch) (new in 1.4), an empty file will be created if the C(path) does not
exist, while an existing file or directory will receive updated file access and
modification times (similar to the way `touch` works from the command line).