---

- name: Create required directories
  file:
    dest: '{{ item.dest | dirname }}'
    recurse: true

- name: Set permissions for directory
  file:
    dest: '{{ item.dest | dirname }}'
    owner: '{{ item.owner | default(omit) }}'
    group: '{{ item.group | default(omit) }}'

- name: Write file
  copy:
    attributes: '{{ item.attributes | default(omit) }}'
    backup: '{{ item.backup | default(omit) }}'
    content: '{{ item.content | default(omit) }}'
    decrypt: '{{ item.decrypt | default(omit) }}'
    dest: '{{ item.dest }}'
    directory_mode: '{{ item.directory_mode | default(omit) }}'
    follow: '{{ item.follow | default(omit) }}'
    force: '{{ item.force | default(omit) }}'
    group: '{{ item.group | default(omit) }}'
    local_follow: '{{ item.local_follow | default(omit) }}'
    mode: '{{ item.mode | default(omit) }}'
    owner: '{{ item.owner | default(omit) }}'
    remote_src: '{{ item.remote_src | default(omit) }}'
    selevel: '{{ item.selevel | default(omit) }}'
    serole: '{{ item.serole | default(omit) }}'
    setype: '{{ item.setype | default(omit) }}'
    seuser: '{{ item.seuser | default(omit) }}'
    src: '{{ item.src | default(omit) }}'
    unsafe_writes: '{{ item.unsafe_writes | default(omit) }}'
    validate: '{{ item.validate | default(omit) }}'
  register: simplefile_write_file
  when: item.state is not defined or item.state != 'absent'

- name: Remove file
  file:
    dest: '{{ item.dest }}'
    state: 'absent'
  when: item.state is defined and item.state == 'absent'

- name: Execute post-command
  command: '{{ item.post_command }}'
  when: item.post_command is defined and simplefile_write_file.changed

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