| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
                
                                                            | allow_no_value 
                    boolean
                                                                 added in 2.6 |  | Allow option without value and without '=' symbol. | 
                            
                                                            | attributes 
                    string
                                                                 |  | The attributes the resulting file or directory should have. To get supported flags look at the man page for chattr on the target system. This string should contain the attributes in the same order as the one displayed by lsattr. The =operator is assumed as default, otherwise+or-operators need to be included in the string. aliases: attr
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                                                            | backup 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | Create a backup file including the timestamp information so you can get the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly. | 
                            
                                                            | create 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | If set to no, the module will fail if the file does not already exist. By default it will create the file if it is missing. | 
                            
                                                            | group 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Name of the group that should own the file/directory, as would be fed to chown. | 
                            
                                                            | mode 
                    string
                                                                 |  | The permissions the resulting file or directory should have. For those used to /usr/bin/chmod remember that modes are actually octal numbers. You must either add a leading zero so that Ansible's YAML parser knows it is an octal number (like 0644or01777) or quote it (like'644'or'1777') so Ansible receives a string and can do its own conversion from string into number. Giving Ansible a number without following one of these rules will end up with a decimal number which will have unexpected results. As of Ansible 1.8, the mode may be specified as a symbolic mode (for example, u+rwxoru=rw,g=r,o=r). As of Ansible 2.6, the mode may also be the special string preserve. When set to preservethe file will be given the same permissions as the source file. | 
                            
                                                            | no_extra_spaces 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | Do not insert spaces before and after '=' symbol. | 
                            
                                                            | option 
                    string
                                                                 |  | If set (required for changing a value), this is the name of the option. May be omitted if adding/removing a whole section. | 
                            
                                                            | owner 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Name of the user that should own the file/directory, as would be fed to chown. | 
                            
                                                            | path 
                    path
                                             / required                     |  | Path to the INI-style file; this file is created if required. Before Ansible 2.3 this option was only usable as dest. aliases: dest
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                                                            | section 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | Section name in INI file. This is added if state=presentautomatically when a single value is being set. If left empty or set to null, the option will be placed before the first section. Using nullis also required if the config format does not support sections. | 
                            
                                                            | selevel 
                    string
                                                                 | Default: 
 "s0" | The level part of the SELinux file context. This is the MLS/MCS attribute, sometimes known as the range. When set to _default, it will use thelevelportion of the policy if available. | 
                            
                                                            | serole 
                    string
                                                                 |  | The role part of the SELinux file context. When set to _default, it will use theroleportion of the policy if available. | 
                            
                                                            | setype 
                    string
                                                                 |  | The type part of the SELinux file context. When set to _default, it will use thetypeportion of the policy if available. | 
                            
                                                            | seuser 
                    string
                                                                 |  | The user part of the SELinux file context. By default it uses the systempolicy, where applicable. When set to _default, it will use theuserportion of the policy if available. | 
                            
                                                            | state 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            absentpresent ← | If set to absentthe option or section will be removed if present instead of created. | 
                            
                                                            | unsafe_writes 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | Influence when to use atomic operation to prevent data corruption or inconsistent reads from the target file. By default this module uses atomic operations to prevent data corruption or inconsistent reads from the target files, but sometimes systems are configured or just broken in ways that prevent this. One example is docker mounted files, which cannot be updated atomically from inside the container and can only be written in an unsafe manner. This option allows Ansible to fall back to unsafe methods of updating files when atomic operations fail (however, it doesn't force Ansible to perform unsafe writes). IMPORTANT! Unsafe writes are subject to race conditions and can lead to data corruption. | 
                            
                                                            | value 
                    string
                                                                 |  | The string value to be associated with an option. May be omitted when removing an option. |