# access local file from ansible custom module

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/access-local-file-from-ansible-custom-module/18012>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [April 18, 2015, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/access-local-file-from-ansible-custom-module/18012 "2015-04-18T09:05:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shaps](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/shaps/32/1356_2.png) [@Shaps](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shaps)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/access-local-file-from-ansible-custom-module/18012/1 "2015-04-18T09:05:29Z")

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Hi jack,

what do you mean by accessing local files?  
You can use synchronise or copy to push the file to the remote or “fetch” to pull it.