ansible/docsite/rst/modules/copy.rst
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.. _copy:
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The ``copy`` module copies a file on the local box to remote locations.
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<th class="head">parameter</th>
<th class="head">required</th>
<th class="head">default</th>
<th class="head">choices</th>
<th class="head">comments</th>
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<td>dest</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td></td>
<td><ul></ul></td>
<td>Remote absolute path where the file should be copied to.</td>
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<td>src</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td></td>
<td><ul></ul></td>
<td>Local path to a file to copy to the remote server; can be absolute or relative.</td>
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<td>backup</td>
<td>no</td>
<td>no</td>
<td><ul><li>yes</li><li>no</li></ul></td>
<td>Create a backup file including the timestamp information so you can get the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly. (added in Ansible 0.7)</td>
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<td>others</td>
<td>no</td>
<td></td>
<td><ul></ul></td>
<td>all arguments accepted by the <span class='module'>file</span> module also work here</td>
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<p>Example from Ansible Playbooks</p> <p><pre>
copy src=/srv/myfiles/foo.conf dest=/etc/foo.conf owner=foo group=foo mode=0644
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<p>Copy a new <code>ntp.conf</code> file into place, backing up the original if it differs from the copied version</p> <p><pre>
copy src=/mine/ntp.conf dest=/etc/ntp.conf owner=root group=root mode=644 backup=yes
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