# Review help (recursive copy support)

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/review-help-recursive-copy-support/12177>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [December 31, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/review-help-recursive-copy-support/12177 "2012-12-31T17:27:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/review-help-recursive-copy-support/12177/1 "2012-12-31T17:27:40Z")

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Here's a recursive copy module that doesn't rely on rsync (which could  
be nice if you were specifying passwords on the command line versus  
using keys) -- anyone want to help test/review?

[https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/1809](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/1809)

--Michael

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**Author:** ![Will\_Thames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Will\_Thames](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Will_Thames)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/review-help-recursive-copy-support/12177/2 "2013-01-01T04:23:01Z")

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Definitely up for helping to test this one out when I’m back at work tomorrow - it’ll greatly simplify several plays by reducing (create tar, copy tar, extract tar) to a recursive copy.

Will