# using the assemble module and backup recovery **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [October 31, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-the-assemble-module-and-backup-recovery/16655 "2014-10-31T19:02:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tennis\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Tennis\_Smith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tennis_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-the-assemble-module-and-backup-recovery/16655/1 "2014-10-31T19:02:06Z")
Hi, I really like the idea behind the “assemble” module. But what I cannot figure out is a good way to recover the backup file if a backup is created. For example, if I do assemble: src=/somedir/foo dest=/some/other/dir/bar backup=yes If I need to reverse the process and find and recover bar., what then? Is there a preferred way to do that? TIA, -T ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan1)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-the-assemble-module-and-backup-recovery/16655/2 "2014-11-01T14:50:13Z")
the backup flag has some issues. We have been wanting to smite the “backup” feature of Ansible for a long time because it doesn’t make remote backups. I suspect what is going to happen is the backup feature will not be enhanced and it will eventually be repurposed to work differently. ---
**Author:** ![Tennis\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Tennis\_Smith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tennis_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-the-assemble-module-and-backup-recovery/16655/3 "2014-11-01T15:18:15Z")
Thanks, Michael. It did seem like a kind of evolutionary dead-end. 🙂 -T