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authorLorin Hochstein <lorin.hochstein@sendgrid.com>2014-12-08 21:52:03 -0500
committerLorin Hochstein <lorin.hochstein@sendgrid.com>2014-12-08 21:52:03 -0500
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Docfix: checking a background task
Minor changes to wording on how to check a background task with async_status. Fixes #9740
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@@ -225,16 +225,16 @@ Ensure a service is stopped::
Time Limited Background Operations
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-Long running operations can be backgrounded, and their status can be
-checked on later. The same job ID is given to the same task on all
-hosts, so you won't lose track. If you kick hosts and don't want
-to poll, it looks like this::
+Long running operations can be backgrounded, and their status can be checked on
+later. If you kick hosts and don't want to poll, it looks like this::
$ ansible all -B 3600 -P 0 -a "/usr/bin/long_running_operation --do-stuff"
-If you do decide you want to check on the job status later, you can::
+If you do decide you want to check on the job status later, you can use the
+async_status module, passing it the job id that was returned when you ran
+the original job in the background::
- $ ansible all -m async_status -a "jid=123456789"
+ $ ansible web1.example.com -m async_status -a "jid=488359678239.2844"
Polling is built-in and looks like this::