# 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 I(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 I(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 '''