On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Craig White <[email protected]> wrote:

> given that I am a newbie, my opinions lack perspective. I think the
> 'script' command should be able to be gathered from a template because
> ansible is just a glorified shell script manager anyway and why keep it
> emasculated?
>

Yikes!  I would in no way say that ansible is just a glorified shell script
manager.  I do think you are lacking perspective


>
> I can run the script that is derived from the template and dropped on the
> subject server with the shell command - I thought the script
> 'creates/removes' functions added a bit of elegance that you don't get from
> the shell module.
>

The shell and command modules also both utilize creates/removes

In my non-humble opinion, I think templating a shell script or any script
for that matter is pretty terrible.

I'd recommend tempting a config that the script can utilize to gather the
info it needs to perform a task, rather than building a script on the fly.
Or allowing the script to run off of ENV vars, and passing an "environment"
along with your command.

-- 
Matt Martz
@sivel
sivel.net

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