# Could this be a bug in copy module? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [October 1, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-this-be-a-bug-in-copy-module/13591 "2013-10-01T19:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Steven\_Truong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Steven\_Truong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Steven_Truong)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-this-be-a-bug-in-copy-module/13591/1 "2013-10-01T19:48:00Z")
Hi all, I happened to name my file that has a string “raw” in it and copy module failed to do the right thing. Is there a list of reserved keywords that we should not use? Thanks, Steven. print module\_args # run the copy module if ‘raw’ in module\_args: # don’t send down raw=no module\_args.pop(‘raw’) module\_args = “%s src=%s original\_basename=%s” % (module\_args, pipes.quote(tmp\_src), pipes.quote(os.path.basename(source))) return self.runner.\_execute\_module(conn, tmp, ‘copy’, module\_args, inject=inject, complex\_args=complex\_args) ---
**Author:** ![Kesten\_Broughton2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@Kesten\_Broughton2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kesten_Broughton2)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-this-be-a-bug-in-copy-module/13591/2 "2013-10-02T19:57:14Z")
I’ve stubbed my toe on several variable naming issues. Add these to the list of variable names to avoid names.with.dots names-with-dashes Both give weird error messages. elasticsearch.yml uses dot-separated names, so i’m not sure what the problem is with ansible group\_vars/all vars. kesten ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-this-be-a-bug-in-copy-module/13591/3 "2013-10-02T20:23:57Z")
Yes, the variables section will soon clearly indicate you should always use valid variable identifiers. ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Truong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Steven\_Truong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Steven_Truong)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-this-be-a-bug-in-copy-module/13591/4 "2013-10-04T21:36:04Z")
Hi Michael, In my case, it is just a parameter for copy module (src=draw.repo) and why the copy module (sorry for my ignorance) even failed to copy a file with name that has the string “raw” in it. Is it too extreme? There must be good reasons but I have not really read the code to understand the reasons. Thanks in advances, Steven. ---
**Author:** ![Kesten\_Broughton2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@Kesten\_Broughton2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kesten_Broughton2)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-this-be-a-bug-in-copy-module/13591/5 "2013-10-04T23:12:21Z")
steven, are you sure it’s not the “.” in the name. If you define draw.repo: “value” somewhere, i know that will fail. vars: - anything.anything # this will fail - draw.repo: “blah” # this will fail - anything-anything # this will fail - draw\_repo" “blah” # this is fine - debug: msg=“{{draw\_repo}}” # no problems here. ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Truong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Steven\_Truong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Steven_Truong)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-this-be-a-bug-in-copy-module/13591/6 "2013-10-04T23:32:28Z")
print module\_args # run the copy module if ‘raw’ in module\_args: # don’t send down raw=no **module\_args.pop(‘raw’)** module\_args = “%s src=%s original\_basename=%s” % (module\_args, pipes.quote(tmp\_src), pipes.quote(os.path.basename(source))) return self.runner.\_execute\_module(conn, tmp, ‘copy’, module\_args, inject=inject, complex\_args=complex\_args) Hi Kesten, This is the part of the copy module that bombed out every time I ran my module. Going back to my first message, I printed out the module\_args and there is nothing that is illegal there. Files have filename.extension and how can you avoid that entirely in dealing with files in any environment. module\_args.pop(‘raw’) This line clearly is the issue for my use case. Steven. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-this-be-a-bug-in-copy-module/13591/7 "2013-10-04T23:33:51Z")
I don’t see why the pop command would split around this but please make sure there is a github ticket so we can reproduce and investigate. ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Truong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Steven\_Truong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Steven_Truong)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-this-be-a-bug-in-copy-module/13591/8 "2013-10-04T23:37:27Z")
Hi Michael, As soon as I changed my src=draw.repo to src=dbrid.repo, things will just work. Otherwise, I would have been sitting here waiting for others to fix this bug before I could get anything done. I will file a bug. Thanks and see you at AnsibleFest in SF. Steven. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-this-be-a-bug-in-copy-module/13591/9 "2013-10-06T14:29:36Z")
This is now fixed on the development branch.