# with\_items not working with copy module

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-not-working-with-copy-module/11535>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 11, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-not-working-with-copy-module/11535 "2012-05-11T21:41:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matt\_Coddington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Matt\_Coddington](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matt_Coddington)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-not-working-with-copy-module/11535/1 "2012-05-11T21:41:35Z")

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On latest devel, the following playbook throws the error "failed:  
[testhost] =\> {"failed": true, "msg": "src and dest are required"}"