# local\_action: synchronize not working as expected

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/local-action-synchronize-not-working-as-expected/14042>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [December 2, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/local-action-synchronize-not-working-as-expected/14042 "2013-12-02T15:28:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Oliver\_Heinz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/db5fbb/32.png) [@Oliver\_Heinz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Oliver_Heinz)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/local-action-synchronize-not-working-as-expected/14042/1 "2013-12-02T15:28:59Z")

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Is it just my fault or a bug worth filing at github?

Synchronize module tries to push the files to the remote host even if it I try to do a local copy as seen on ansible docs:

```auto
# Synchronization of two paths both on the control machine
local_action: synchronize src=some/relative/path dest=/some/absolute/path

```

Ansible version is 1.4.1 from tar.gz (but reports 1.5?!)

PLAYBOOK: