win_copy: added remote and content options (#21546)

* win_copy: added remote and content options

* readded comment about original_basename accidentally removed

1 files changed, 51 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_copy.py b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_copy.py
index 4e7384f713..a1f1f5b71c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_copy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_copy.py
@@ -29,30 +29,48 @@ module: win_copy
 version_added: "1.9.2"
 short_description: Copies files to remote locations on windows hosts.
 description:
-     - The C(win_copy) module copies a file on the local box to remote windows locations.
+- The C(win_copy) module copies a file on the local box to remote windows locations.
 options:
-  src:
+  content:
     description:
-      - Local path to a file to copy to the remote server; can be absolute or relative.
-        If path is a directory, it is copied recursively. In this case, if path ends
-        with "/", only inside contents of that directory are copied to destination.
-        Otherwise, if it does not end with "/", the directory itself with all contents
-        is copied. This behavior is similar to Rsync.
-    required: true
+    - When used instead of C(src), sets the contents of a file directly to the
+      specified value. This is for simple values, for anything complex or with
+      formatting please switch to the template module.
+    version_added: "2.3"
   dest:
     description:
-      - Remote absolute path where the file should be copied to. If src is a directory,
-        this must be a directory too. Use \\ for path separators.
+    - Remote absolute path where the file should be copied to. If src is a
+      directory, this must be a directory too.
+    - Use \ for path separators or \\ when in "double quotes".
     required: true
   force:
     version_added: "2.3"
     description:
-      - If set to C(yes), the remote file will be replaced when content is different than the source.
-      - If set to C(no), the remote file will only be transferred if the destination does not exist.
+    - If set to C(yes), the remote file will be replaced when content is
+      different than the source.
+    - If set to C(no), the remote file will only be transferred if the
+      destination does not exist.
     default: True
     choices:
     - yes
     - no
+  remote_src:
+    description:
+    - If False, it will search for src at originating/master machine, if True
+      it will go to the remote/target machine for the src.
+    default: False
+    choices:
+    - True
+    - False
+    version_added: "2.3"
+  src:
+    description:
+    - Local path to a file to copy to the remote server; can be absolute or
+      relative. If path is a directory, it is copied recursively. In this case,
+      if path ends with "/", only inside contents of that directory are copied
+      to destination. Otherwise, if it does not end with "/", the directory
+      itself with all contents is copied. This behavior is similar to Rsync.
+    required: true
 author: "Jon Hawkesworth (@jhawkesworth)"
 '''
 
@@ -60,13 +78,27 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
 - name: Copy a single file
   win_copy:
     src: /srv/myfiles/foo.conf
-    dest: C:\Temp\foo.conf
-
+    dest: c:\Temp\foo.conf
 - name: Copy files/temp_files to c:\temp
   win_copy:
     src: files/temp_files/
-    dest: C:\Temp\
+    dest: c:\Temp
+- name: Copy a single file where the source is on the remote host
+  win_copy:
+    src: C:\temp\foo.txt
+    dest: C:\ansible\foo.txt
+    remote_src: True
+- name: Copy a folder recursively where the source is on the remote host
+  win_copy:
+    src: C:\temp
+    dest: C:\ansible
+    remote_src: True
+- name: Set the contents of a file
+  win_copy:
+    dest: C:\temp\foo.txt
+    content: abc123
 '''
+
 RETURN = r'''
 dest:
     description: destination file/path
@@ -80,23 +112,22 @@ src:
     sample: /home/httpd/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1423796390.97-147729857856000/source
 checksum:
     description: sha1 checksum of the file after running copy
-    returned: success
+    returned: success, src is a file
     type: string
     sample: 6e642bb8dd5c2e027bf21dd923337cbb4214f827
 size:
     description: size of the target, after execution
-    returned: changed (single files only)
+    returned: changed (src is a file or remote_src == True)
     type: int
     sample: 1220
 operation:
     description: whether a single file copy took place or a folder copy
-    returned: changed (single files only)
+    returned: changed
     type: string
     sample: file_copy
 original_basename:
     description: basename of the copied file
-    returned: changed (single files only)
+    returned: changed, src is a file
     type: string
     sample: foo.txt
 '''
-