backup file name and path - Copy module

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Hello All,

Sorry to ask a silly question.

I am using copy module. "backup: true:

Question-
Where is the backup file stored? default path?
what is the name of the file?
Any way to change the default backup path

Thanks in advance.

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Hello All,

Sorry to ask a silly question.

I am using copy module. "backup: true:

Question-
Where is the backup file stored? default path?

It's stored in the same directory as the original file.

what is the name of the file?

It's using this name scheme: basename.PID.YYYY-MM-DD@HH:MM:SS~

The exact name is returned from the copy module in the return value[1] backup_file.

Any way to change the default backup path

For the copy module I don't think so.

[1] https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/copy_module.html#return-values