# Can you override $HOME/.ansible/cp on remote hosts?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-you-override-home-ansible-cp-on-remote-hosts/21308>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [April 29, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-you-override-home-ansible-cp-on-remote-hosts/21308 "2016-04-29T03:35:47Z")\
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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:** [April 29, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-you-override-home-ansible-cp-on-remote-hosts/21308/1 "2016-04-29T03:35:47Z")

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It is documented:

[http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro\_configuration.html#control-path](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_configuration.html#control-path)

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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:** [April 29, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-you-override-home-ansible-cp-on-remote-hosts/21308/2 "2016-04-29T21:20:32Z")

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Hi I tried that and still it errored out with the message that could not write to $HOME/.ansible/cp.

```auto
control_path=%(directory)s/ansible-ssh-%%h-%%p-%%r

```

```auto
I am using version 1.9.4

```