# Possible to use sub-directories in files

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/possible-to-use-sub-directories-in-files/19419>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 2, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/possible-to-use-sub-directories-in-files/19419 "2015-10-02T16:05:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![j.barrett\_Strausser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3d9bf3/32.png) [@j.barrett\_Strausser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.barrett_Strausser)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/possible-to-use-sub-directories-in-files/19419/1 "2015-10-02T16:05:12Z")

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Is it possible to use subdirectories when copying files?

I have a play like

```auto
- name: Copy Migration Files
  copy: src={{item}} dest=/opt/flyway/sql/
  tags: migrate
  with_items:
  - V1_1__SetupSchemas.sql

```

Right now the V1\_1\_\_SetupSchemas.sql lives in /toplevel/roles/myrole/files/. I would like to place it in /toplevel/roles/myrole/files/migrations/.

I can’t seem to find any docs on how to achieve this, though I can vaguely remember seeing it at one point.

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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:** [October 2, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/possible-to-use-sub-directories-in-files/19419/2 "2015-10-02T16:22:59Z")

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just do this:

&nbsp;&nbsp;with\_items:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;- migrations/V1\_1\_\_SetupSchemas.sql