#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # (c) 2016, Dag Wieers # # This file is part of Ansible # # Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with Ansible. If not, see . ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'status': ['preview'], 'supported_by': 'community', 'version': '1.0'} DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: win_shortcut version_added: '2.3' short_description: Manage shortcuts on Windows description: - Create, manage and delete Windows shortcuts options: src: description: - Executable or URL the shortcut points to. description: description: - Description for the shortcut. - This is usually shown when hoovering the icon. dest: description: - Destination file for the shortcuting file. - File name should have a C(.lnk) or C(.url) extension. required: true args: description: - Additional arguments for the executable defined in C(src). directory: description: - Working directory for executable defined in C(src). icon: description: - Icon used for the shortcut - File name should have a C(.ico) extension. - The file name is followed by a comma and the number in the library file (.dll) or use 0 for an image file. hotkey: description: - Key combination for the shortcut. windowstyle: description: - Influences how the application is displayed when it is launched. choices: - default - maximized - minimized state: description: - When C(present), creates or updates the shortcut. When C(absent), removes the shortcut if it exists. choices: - present - absent default: 'present' author: Dag Wieers (@dagwieers) notes: - 'The following options can include Windows environment variables: C(dest), C(args), C(description), C(dest), C(directory), C(icon) C(src)' - 'Windows has two types of shortcuts: Application and URL shortcuts. URL shortcuts only consists of C(dest) and C(src)' ''' EXAMPLES = r''' # Create an application shortcut on the desktop - win_shortcut: src: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe dest: C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Mozilla Firefox.lnk icon: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe,0 # Create the same shortcut using environment variables - win_shortcut: description: The Mozilla Firefox web browser src: '%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe' dest: '%PUBLIC%\Desktop\Mozilla Firefox.lnk' icon: '%PROGRAMFILES\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe,0' directory: '%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox' # Create a URL shortcut to the Ansible website - win_shortcut: src: 'https://ansible.com/' dest: '%PUBLIC%\Desktop\Ansible website.url' # Create an application shortcut for the Ansible website - win_shortcut: src: '%PROGRAMFILES%\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe' dest: '%PUBLIC%\Desktop\Ansible website.lnk' args: '--new-window https://ansible.com/' directory: '%PROGRAMFILES%\Google\Chrome\Application' icon: '%PROGRAMFILES%\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe,0' ''' RETURN = ''' '''