How to list files in an ansible role folder

Question

I'm struggling to get a list with all files under a subfolder of templates role folder using the find module, So to use it afterwards and delete all remote files which are not included in my role folder. Here is the task inside my role:

    - name: Register local file list before copy to remote
      ansible.builtin.find:
        paths: templates/services
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: list_files

The problem is that the path I use is not detected by ansible so I get errors like this:

skipped_paths:
    templates/services: '''templates/services'' is not a directory'

So it seems that find module is not handling local folders in the same way as template module does with its src attribute. Any ideas how to refer to a local roles folder? Please note that it must not be a full path since the role will be reused from others too.

Thank you community!

Answer 1

I finally found a magic variable role_path :)

      ansible.builtin.find:
        paths: "{{ role_path }}/templates/services"
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: list_files