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# win_unzip – Unzips compressed files and archives on the Windows node

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Notes
- See Also
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- Unzips compressed files and archives.
- Supports .zip files natively.
- Supports other formats supported by the Powershell Community Extensions (PSCX) module (basically everything 7zip supports).
- For non-Windows targets, use the unarchive module instead.

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- PSCX

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
creates path |  | If this file or directory exists the specified src will not be extracted.
delete_archive boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Remove the zip file, after unzipping. aliases: rm
dest path / required |  | Destination of zip file (provide absolute path of directory). If it does not exist, the directory will be created.
recurse boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Recursively expand zipped files within the src file. Setting to a value of `yes` requires the PSCX module to be installed.
src path / required |  | File to be unzipped (provide absolute path).

## Notes

Note

- This module is not really idempotent, it will extract the archive every time, and report a change.
- For extracting any compression types other than .zip, the PowerShellCommunityExtensions (PSCX) Module is required. This module (in conjunction with PSCX) has the ability to recursively unzip files within the src zip file provided and also functionality for many other compression types. If the destination directory does not exist, it will be created before unzipping the file. Specifying rm parameter will force removal of the src file after extraction.

## See Also

See also

unarchive – Unpacks an archive after (optionally) copying it from the local machine
  The official documentation on the unarchive module.

## Examples

    # This unzips a library that was downloaded with win_get_url, and removes the file after extraction
    # $ ansible -i hosts -m win_unzip -a "src=C:\LibraryToUnzip.zip dest=C:\Lib remove=yes" all

    - name: Unzip a bz2 (BZip) file
      win_unzip:
        src: C:\Users\Phil\Logs.bz2
        dest: C:\Users\Phil\OldLogs
        creates: C:\Users\Phil\OldLogs

    - name: Unzip gz log
      win_unzip:
        src: C:\Logs\application-error-logs.gz
        dest: C:\ExtractedLogs\application-error-logs

    # Unzip .zip file, recursively decompresses the contained .gz files and removes all unneeded compressed files after completion.
    - name: Unzip ApplicationLogs.zip and decompress all GZipped log files
      hosts: all
      gather_facts: no
      tasks:
        - name: Recursively decompress GZ files in ApplicationLogs.zip
          win_unzip:
            src: C:\Downloads\ApplicationLogs.zip
            dest: C:\Application\Logs
            recurse: yes
            delete_archive: yes

    - name: Install PSCX
      win_psmodule:
        name: Pscx
        state: present

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
dest string | always | The provided destination path Sample: C:\ExtractedLogs\application-error-logs
removed boolean | always | Whether the module did remove any files during task run Sample: True
src string | always | The provided source path Sample: C:\Logs\application-error-logs.gz

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Phil Schwartz (@schwartzmx)

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