# copy says ok but file isn't there

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/copy-says-ok-but-file-isnt-there/18347>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 29, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copy-says-ok-but-file-isnt-there/18347 "2015-05-29T13:58:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![alexander.altanis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alexander.altanis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/alexander.altanis)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copy-says-ok-but-file-isnt-there/18347/1 "2015-05-29T13:58:03Z")

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So, I posted this as an issue on github, but I guess it might be me using ansible incorrectly. I explain it better over there:

[https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/11088](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/11088)

Any ideas?

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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:** [May 29, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copy-says-ok-but-file-isnt-there/18347/2 "2015-05-29T15:52:05Z")

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your message does not match your play:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- job-launcher.conf  
vs  
[\<ec2 host\>] =\> (item=launcher.conf)