# Archiving user home directories with a var\_files

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/archiving-user-home-directories-with-a-var-files/37291>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [November 1, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/archiving-user-home-directories-with-a-var-files/37291 "2022-11-01T17:25:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Latham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Andrew\_Latham](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Latham)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/archiving-user-home-directories-with-a-var-files/37291/1 "2022-11-01T17:25:16Z")

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Kenady,

I think you are looking to loop[1] the users correct?

aka

loop: “{{ users }}”

1. [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user\_guide/playbooks\_loops.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_loops.html)

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**Author:** ![Kenady\_Inampudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Kenady\_Inampudi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kenady_Inampudi)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/archiving-user-home-directories-with-a-var-files/37291/2 "2022-11-01T17:42:51Z")

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even with loop: “{{ users }}” there is no difference

archive\_home\_dir.yml

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**Author:** ![racke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/racke/32/4767_2.png) [@racke](https://forum.ansible.com/u/racke)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/archiving-user-home-directories-with-a-var-files/37291/3 "2022-11-01T17:58:17Z")

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> even with loop: "{{ users }}" there is no difference

I think you need to loop over {{ user }} and in path/dest use {{ item }}, the default loop variable.

Regards

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     Racke

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