ANSIBLE.COPY(3)                 ANSIBLE MODULES                ANSIBLE.COPY(3)



NAME
       copy - Copies files to remote locations.

DESCRIPTION
       The copy module copies a file on the local box to remote locations.

OPTIONS
       backup Create a backup file including the timestamp information so you
              can get the original file back if you somehow clobbered it
              incorrectly.  Choices: yes,no. (default: no)(Added in Ansible
              version 0.7.)


       dest   Remote absolute path where the file should be copied
              to.(required)

       others all arguments accepted by the file module also work here

       src    Local path to a file to copy to the remote server; can be
              absolute or relative.(required)."

EXAMPLES
       Example from Ansible Playbooks

       copy: src=/srv/myfiles/foo.conf dest=/etc/foo.conf owner=foo group=foo mode=0644

       Copy a new ntp.conf file into place, backing up the original if it
       differs from the copied version

       copy: src=/mine/ntp.conf dest=/etc/ntp.conf owner=root group=root mode=644 backup=yes

AUTHOR
       Michael DeHaan

SEE ALSO
       ansible(1), http://ansible.github.com/modules.html#copy



0.9                               2012-11-30                   ANSIBLE.COPY(3)
