# \#backup-files

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## [Proposed named policy for module "backup" parameter](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proposed-named-policy-for-module-backup-parameter/11168)

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**Author:** [@utoddl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/utoddl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proposed-named-policy-for-module-backup-parameter/11168 "2024-12-03T21:54:30Z")

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Several modules support a “backup:” parameter: ansible.builtin.copy ansible.builtin.template (others?) conspicuously absent: ansible.builtin.file This is a very simple – dare I say, naive – mechanism which makes a bac…