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diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/fetch.py b/lib/ansible/modules/fetch.py
index 646f78d..77ebd19 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/fetch.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/fetch.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ short_description: Fetch files from remote nodes
description:
- This module works like M(ansible.builtin.copy), but in reverse.
- It is used for fetching files from remote machines and storing them locally in a file tree, organized by hostname.
-- Files that already exist at I(dest) will be overwritten if they are different than the I(src).
+- Files that already exist at O(dest) will be overwritten if they are different than the O(src).
- This module is also supported for Windows targets.
version_added: '0.2'
options:
@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@ options:
dest:
description:
- A directory to save the file into.
- - For example, if the I(dest) directory is C(/backup) a I(src) file named C(/etc/profile) on host
+ - For example, if the O(dest) directory is C(/backup) a O(src) file named C(/etc/profile) on host
C(host.example.com), would be saved into C(/backup/host.example.com/etc/profile).
The host name is based on the inventory name.
required: yes
fail_on_missing:
version_added: '1.1'
description:
- - When set to C(true), the task will fail if the remote file cannot be read for any reason.
+ - When set to V(true), the task will fail if the remote file cannot be read for any reason.
- Prior to Ansible 2.5, setting this would only fail if the source file was missing.
- - The default was changed to C(true) in Ansible 2.5.
+ - The default was changed to V(true) in Ansible 2.5.
type: bool
default: yes
validate_checksum:
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ options:
version_added: '1.2'
description:
- Allows you to override the default behavior of appending hostname/path/to/file to the destination.
- - If C(dest) ends with '/', it will use the basename of the source file, similar to the copy module.
+ - If O(dest) ends with '/', it will use the basename of the source file, similar to the copy module.
- This can be useful if working with a single host, or if retrieving files that are uniquely named per host.
- If using multiple hosts with the same filename, the file will be overwritten for each host.
type: bool
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ notes:
remote or local hosts causing a C(MemoryError). Due to this it is
advisable to run this module without C(become) whenever possible.
- Prior to Ansible 2.5 this module would not fail if reading the remote
- file was impossible unless C(fail_on_missing) was set.
+ file was impossible unless O(fail_on_missing) was set.
- In Ansible 2.5 or later, playbook authors are encouraged to use
C(fail_when) or C(ignore_errors) to get this ability. They may
- also explicitly set C(fail_on_missing) to C(false) to get the
+ also explicitly set O(fail_on_missing) to V(false) to get the
non-failing behaviour.
seealso:
- module: ansible.builtin.copy