Testing ansible_connection=local

gistfile1.txt

[dag@moria ~]$ cat hosts 
localhost ansible_connection=local
[dag@moria ~]$ ansible -i hosts localhost -m ping
localhost | success >> {
    "changed": false, 
    "ping": "pong"
}

[dag@moria ~]$ ansible -vv -i hosts localhost -m ping
<localhost> REMOTE_MODULE ping 
localhost | success >> {
    "changed": false, 
    "ping": "pong"
}

[dag@moria ~]$ ansible -vvv -i hosts localhost -m ping
<localhost> EXEC ['/bin/sh', '-c', 'mkdir -p $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1373806456.14-199309016656349 && chmod a+rx $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1373806456.14-199309016656349 && echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1373806456.14-199309016656349']
<localhost> REMOTE_MODULE ping 
<localhost> PUT /tmp/tmppLKHta TO /home/dag/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1373806456.14-199309016656349/ping
<localhost> EXEC ['/bin/sh', '-c', '/usr/bin/python /home/dag/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1373806456.14-199309016656349/ping; rm -rf /home/dag/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1373806456.14-199309016656349/ >/dev/null 2>&1']
localhost | success >> {
    "changed": false, 
    "ping": "pong"
}