Directory

The builtin.directory resource allows you to manage a directory, either creating or deleting it, and setting permissions.

Parameters

Name	Description	Required	Default
path	Path to the directory you want to manage	true
owner	Set owner of the directory	false	root
group	Set group of the directory	false	root
mode	Set permissions of the directory	false	0644
force_delete	Force the deletion of the directory, even if it's not empty	false	false

Examples

Create a directory at path /tmp/my_directory

- title: "Create directory /tmp/my_directory"
  type: "builtin.directory"
  present: true
  parameters:
    path: "/tmp/my_directory"

Force deletion of a directory at path /tmp/my_directory_to_delete

- title: "Force delete directory `/tmp/my_directory_to_delete`"
  type: "builtin.directory"
  present: false
  parameters:
    path: "/tmp/my_directory_to_delete"
    force_delete: true