ansible/docs/man/man3/ansible.copy.3

.TH ANSIBLE.COPY 5 "2012-10-03" "0.8" "ANSIBLE MODULES"
." generated from library/copy
.SH NAME
copy \- Copies files to remote locations.
." ------ DESCRIPTION
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The \fIcopy\fR module copies a file on the local box to remote locations. 
." ------ OPTIONS
."
."
.SH OPTIONS

.IP dest
Remote absolute path where the file should be copied to.(required)
.IP src
Local path to a file to copy to the remote server; can be absolute or relative.(required)
.IP backup
Create a backup file including the timestamp information so you can get the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly.
.IR Choices :
yes,no. (default: no)(Added in Ansible version 0.7.)

.IP others
all arguments accepted by the \fIfile\fR module also work here."
."
." ------ NOTES
."
."
." ------ EXAMPLES
.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
.nf
copy src=/srv/myfiles/foo.conf dest=/etc/foo.conf owner=foo group=foo mode=0644
.fi
.PP
.nf
copy src=/mine/ntp.conf dest=/etc/ntp.conf owner=root group=root mode=644 backup=yes
.fi
." ------- AUTHOR
.SH AUTHOR
Michael DeHaan
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR ansible (1),
.I http://ansible.github.com/modules.html#copy