File lookup() relative to playbook

Question

I am currently using lookup() function in role tasks.yml to get input from files for shell commands.

Is there a way to make lookups relative to the playbook file (project root folder) instead of role itself? I'd rather store files on playbook level.

Answer 1

lookup() starts looking up from the playbook directory by default.

If you are using it differently try using {{ playbook_dir }}\path\to\your\file.

Its one of the default ansible variables