# Having trouble copying registered result to local file.

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/having-trouble-copying-registered-result-to-local-file/26906>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [March 6, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/having-trouble-copying-registered-result-to-local-file/26906 "2018-03-06T04:24:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![MarcG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MarcG](https://forum.ansible.com/u/MarcG)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/having-trouble-copying-registered-result-to-local-file/26906/1 "2018-03-06T04:24:17Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to save some results that I have registered to a file on my local machine ( that is running ansible ) The error I am getting is very generic and of no use. Below is the playbook and the resulting error

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**Author:** ![MarcG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MarcG](https://forum.ansible.com/u/MarcG)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/having-trouble-copying-registered-result-to-local-file/26906/2 "2018-03-06T10:55:16Z")

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ok, I managed to solve this, there was a problem with my install.

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**Author:** ![Tchia04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/fbc32d/32.png) [@Tchia04](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tchia04)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/having-trouble-copying-registered-result-to-local-file/26906/3 "2018-03-06T21:43:19Z")

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It’s unclear which task the error is coming from. Next time please include more log messages