playbook-file03.yml

---
- name: A playbook showing the file module
  hosts: planetexpress
  gather_facts: yes   # very important to gather_facts in this example
  connection: ssh     # default connection type, ssh.py

  tasks:
   - name: Create directory where Space Station documents will reside
     become_user: root
     become: true
     file:
        # the var "fileuser" is a host variable
        path: "/home/{{ fileuser }}/station_docs/"
        state: directory
        owner: "{{ fileuser }}"
        group: "{{ fileuser }}"
        mode: "0755"

   - name: Copy content into a file with the year-mo-day
     copy:
        # the var "fileuser" is a host variable
        # ansible_date_time.date is defined by gather_facts
        dest: "/home/{{ fileuser }}/station_docs/navdata-{{ ansible_date_time.date }}.txt"
        content: "Earth\nMars\nSaturn\nEuropa\n"