From fb2c0181c505fa7387bd397137b195a8c646adef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giovanni Sciortino <30353557+giovannisciortino@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 16:48:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes: #20986 blockinfile create undelying directory when
 create=true (#27961)

---
 lib/ansible/modules/files/blockinfile.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/files/blockinfile.py b/lib/ansible/modules/files/blockinfile.py
index 654fed59d9..0b69abc63e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/files/blockinfile.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/files/blockinfile.py
@@ -223,6 +223,12 @@ def main():
         if not module.boolean(params['create']):
             module.fail_json(rc=257,
                              msg='Path %s does not exist !' % path)
+        destpath = os.path.dirname(path)
+        if not os.path.exists(destpath) and not module.check_mode:
+            try:
+                os.makedirs(destpath)
+            except Exception as e:
+                module.fail_json(msg='Error creating %s Error code: %s Error description: %s' % (destpath, e[0], e[1]))
         original = None
         lines = []
     else: