# Backup file naming convention -- MyFile.2016-03-10@15:48:16~

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/backup-file-naming-convention-myfile-2016-03-10-1516/20927>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [March 19, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/backup-file-naming-convention-myfile-2016-03-10-1516/20927 "2016-03-19T02:20:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Leo\_Huetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@John\_Leo\_Huetter](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Leo_Huetter)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/backup-file-naming-convention-myfile-2016-03-10-1516/20927/1 "2016-03-19T02:20:26Z")

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Hello,

Is there a way to update the naming convention of the backup files:

I see them being written as: MyFile. **2016-03-10@15:48:16~**

These files are placed by the template core module when backup=yes is given.

Is this naming convention configurable? Would rather have like MyFile.20160310145816.ansible-backup or some such.

Much appreciated.

Thanks,  
John Huetter

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 2:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/backup-file-naming-convention-myfile-2016-03-10-1516/20927/2 "2016-03-19T02:21:22Z")

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That is not currently possible, but put in a ‘feature idea’ in github.

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**Author:** ![John\_Leo\_Huetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@John\_Leo\_Huetter](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Leo_Huetter)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/backup-file-naming-convention-myfile-2016-03-10-1516/20927/3 "2016-03-19T02:22:16Z")

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The main reason I want to tweak is so when I do audits and such they will stand out more as being a backup file.

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**Author:** ![John\_Leo\_Huetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@John\_Leo\_Huetter](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Leo_Huetter)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/backup-file-naming-convention-myfile-2016-03-10-1516/20927/4 "2016-03-19T02:41:10Z")

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Thanks! Will do