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diff --git a/files/file.py b/files/file.py
index 7aa5e45d..d8c5b276 100644
--- a/files/file.py
+++ b/files/file.py
@@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ def main():
open(path, 'w').close()
except OSError, e:
module.fail_json(path=path, msg='Error, could not touch target: %s' % str(e))
- elif prev_state in ['file', 'directory']:
+ elif prev_state in ['file', 'directory', 'hard']:
try:
os.utime(path, None)
except OSError, e:
module.fail_json(path=path, msg='Error while touching existing target: %s' % str(e))
else:
- module.fail_json(msg='Cannot touch other than files and directories')
+ module.fail_json(msg='Cannot touch other than files, directories, and hardlinks (%s is %s)' % (path, prev_state))
try:
module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(file_args, True)
except SystemExit, e: