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Fix cross-document references to 'playbooks' in the modules source.

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Update manpages from ansible repo to show when options require args.

Update clean target Makefile so 'rm' doesn't print a useless error
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>ansible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="./docbook-xsl.css" type="text/css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /></head><body><div xml:lang="en" class="refentry" title="ansible" lang="en"><a id="id382252"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>ansible — run a command somewhere else</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Synopsis"><a id="_synopsis"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2><p>ansible &lt;host-pattern&gt; [-f forks] [-m module_name] [-a args]</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="DESCRIPTION"><a id="_description"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p><span class="strong"><strong>Ansible</strong></span> is an extra-simple tool/framework/API for doing 'remote things' over
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>ansible</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./docbook-xsl.css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1" /></head><body><div xml:lang="en" class="refentry" title="ansible" lang="en"><a id="id413895"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>ansible — run a command somewhere else</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Synopsis"><a id="_synopsis"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2><p>ansible &lt;host-pattern&gt; [-f forks] [-m module_name] [-a args]</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="DESCRIPTION"><a id="_description"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p><span class="strong"><strong>Ansible</strong></span> is an extra-simple tool/framework/API for doing 'remote things' over
SSH.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="ARGUMENTS"><a id="_arguments"></a><h2>ARGUMENTS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>host-pattern</strong></span>
</span></dt><dd>
A name of a group in the inventory file, a shell-like glob selecting hosts in inventory
file, or any combination of the two seperated by semicolons.
A name of a group in the inventory file, a shell-like glob selecting
hosts in inventory file, or any combination of the two separated by
semicolons.
</dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="OPTIONS"><a id="_options"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-i</strong></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--inventory</strong></span>
<span class="strong"><strong>-i</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>PATH</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--inventory=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>PATH</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Path to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to /etc/ansible/hosts.
The <span class="emphasis"><em>PATH</em></span> to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to <span class="emphasis"><em>/etc/ansible/hosts</em></span>.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-f</strong></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--forks</strong></span>
<span class="strong"><strong>-f</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--forks=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Level of parallelism. Specify as an integer, the default is 5.
Level of parallelism. <span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span> is specified as an integer, the default is 5.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-m</strong></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--module-name</strong></span>
<span class="strong"><strong>-m</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>NAME</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--module-name=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>NAME</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Module name to execute.
Execute the module called <span class="emphasis"><em>NAME</em></span>.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-M</strong></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--module-path</strong></span>
<span class="strong"><strong>-M</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>DIRECTORY</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--module-path=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>DIRECTORY</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Where to load modules from. The default is /usr/share/ansible
The <span class="emphasis"><em>DIRECTORY</em></span> to load modules from. The default is <span class="emphasis"><em>/usr/share/ansible</em></span>.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-a</strong></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--args</strong></span>
<span class="strong"><strong>-a</strong></span> '<span class="emphasis"><em>ARGUMENTS</em></span>', <span class="strong"><strong>--args=</strong></span>'<span class="emphasis"><em>ARGUMENTS</em></span>'
</span></dt><dd>
Arguments to pass to the module
The <span class="emphasis"><em>ARGUMENTS</em></span> to pass to the module.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-k</strong></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--ask-pass</strong></span>
</span></dt><dd>
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</span></dt><dd>
Try to output everything on one line.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-t</strong></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--tree</strong></span>
<span class="strong"><strong>-t</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>DIRECTORY</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--tree=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>DIRECTORY</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Save contents in this output directory, with the results named in a file named after each host.
Save contents in this output <span class="emphasis"><em>DIRECTORY</em></span>, with the results saved in a
file named after each host.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-T</strong></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--timeout</strong></span>
<span class="strong"><strong>-T</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>SECONDS</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--timeout=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>SECONDS</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in seconds.
Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in <span class="emphasis"><em>SECONDS</em></span>.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-B</strong></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--background</strong></span>
<span class="strong"><strong>-B</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--background=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Runs commands in the background, killing the task after N seconds.
Run commands in the background, killing the task after <span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span> seconds.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-P</strong></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--poll</strong></span>
<span class="strong"><strong>-P</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--poll=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Poll a background job every (this many) seconds. Requires -B.
Poll a background job every <span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span> seconds. Requires <span class="strong"><strong>-B</strong></span>.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-u</strong></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--remote-user</strong></span>
<span class="strong"><strong>-u</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>USERNAME</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--remote-user=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>USERNAME</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Use this remote username instead of root
Use this remote <span class="emphasis"><em>USERNAME</em></span> instead of root.
</dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="INVENTORY"><a id="_inventory"></a><h2>INVENTORY</h2><p>Ansible stores the hosts it can potentially operate on in an inventory
file. The syntax is one host per line. Groups headers are allowed and
are included on their own line, enclosed in square brackets.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="FILES"><a id="_files"></a><h2>FILES</h2><p>/etc/ansible/hosts — Default inventory file</p><p>/usr/share/ansible/ — Default module library</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="ENVIRONMENT"><a id="_environment"></a><h2>ENVIRONMENT</h2><p>The following environment variables may specified.</p><p>ANSIBLE_HOSTS  — Override the default ansible hosts file</p><p>ANSIBLE_LIBRARY — Override the default ansible module library path</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="AUTHOR"><a id="_author"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan. See the AUTHORS file