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# this is a virtual module that is entirely implemented server side
DOCUMENTATION = '''
---
module: fetch
short_description: Fetches a file from remote nodes
description:
- This module works like M(copy), but in reverse. It is used for fetching
files from remote machines and storing them locally in a file tree,
organized by hostname.
version_added: "0.2"
options:
src:
description:
- The file on the remote system to fetch. This must be a file, not a
directory. Recursive fetching may be supported in a later release.
required: true
default: null
aliases: []
dest:
description:
- A directory to save the file into. For example, if the I(dest)
directory is C(/backup) a src file named C(/etc/profile) on host
C(host.example.com), would be saved into
C(/backup/host.example.com/etc/profile)
required: true
default: null
examples:
- code: "fetch: src=/var/log/messages dest=/home/logtree"
description: "Example from Ansible Playbooks"
requirements: []
author: Michael DeHaan
'''