# Are there any function to find duplication of file transfer destination in "copy" and "template" tasks

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-there-any-function-to-find-duplication-of-file-transfer-destination-in-copy-and-template-tasks/16155>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [September 9, 2014, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-there-any-function-to-find-duplication-of-file-transfer-destination-in-copy-and-template-tasks/16155 "2014-09-09T08:51:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Masaru\_Dobashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@Masaru\_Dobashi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Masaru_Dobashi)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-there-any-function-to-find-duplication-of-file-transfer-destination-in-copy-and-template-tasks/16155/1 "2014-09-09T08:51:36Z")

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Hi all,

I’m using Ansible for configuration management.  
Does Ansible have any function to detect overlaping of file modification in “copy” / “template” tasks?

I want to get some messages or warnings to know overlaping in the following situation.

Example