win_file_version - Get DLL or EXE file build version¶

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Get DLL or EXE file build version.

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
path path required		File to get version. Always provide absolute path.

Notes ¶

Note

This module will always return no change.

Examples ¶

- name: Get acm instance version
  win_file_version:
    path: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
  register: exe_file_version

- debug:
    msg: '{{ exe_file_version }}'

Return Values ¶

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
win_file_version.file_build_part string	no error	build number of the file.
win_file_version.file_major_part string	no error	the major part of the version number.
win_file_version.file_minor_part string	no error	the minor part of the version number of the file.
win_file_version.file_private_part string	no error	file private part number.
win_file_version.file_version string	no error	file version number.
win_file_version.path string	always	file path
win_file_version.product_version string	no error	the version of the product this file is distributed with.

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance ¶

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author ¶

Sam Liu (@SamLiu79)

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