# Ansible 2.1 - Dynamic vars\_files and "skipping vars\_file" output messages with -vvv

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-1-dynamic-vars-files-and-skipping-vars-file-output-messages-with-vvv/21934>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [July 6, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-1-dynamic-vars-files-and-skipping-vars-file-output-messages-with-vvv/21934 "2016-07-06T15:39:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chris\_DiGiovanni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b38774/32.png) [@Chris\_DiGiovanni](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_DiGiovanni)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-1-dynamic-vars-files-and-skipping-vars-file-output-messages-with-vvv/21934/1 "2016-07-06T15:39:49Z")

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Hello,

While trying to move over to Ansible 2.1 from 1.9.2, I’ve noticed Ansible having a lot of output about skipping vars\_file when I pass “-vvv” to ansible-playbook. I’m including 3 vars\_file(s) using variable substitution. I’ve looked in the projects reported bugs and checked the mailing list with no one describing or reporting this behavior. Below is an example of what I’m doing: