Copy module can't find file, but normal cp command works correctly

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Hello,

I am trying to use the copy module to do a simple copy; but I am getting an error that has me puzzled:

Error that I get:

AnsibleFileNotFound: Could not find or access ‘/root/Downloads/example.desktop’

I have checked permissions, and that doesn’t seem to be an issue, so to do some testing I tried the exact same parameters for the standard cp command.

YML file:

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The copy module defaults from copying from the ansible controller to the remote target.

To do a copy with a remote src, use the remote_src option

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Thank you Matt.

It would appear that I didn’t RTFM.