diff --git a/rst/modules.rst b/rst/modules.rst index 9f0add4eb0..51211c26b1 100644 --- a/rst/modules.rst +++ b/rst/modules.rst @@ -146,12 +146,16 @@ from remote machines and storing them locally in a file tree, organized by hostn *dest*: -* A directory to save the file into. For example, if the 'dest' directory is '/foo', a src file named '/tmp/bar' on host 'host.example.com', would be saved into '/foo/host.example.com/bar'. +* A directory to save the file into. For example, if the 'dest' directory is '/foo', a src file named '/tmp/bar' on host 'host.example.com', would be saved into '/foo/host.example.com/tmp/bar' (in Ansible 0.0.3 and later). The fetch module is a useful way to gather log files from remote systems. If you require fetching multiple files from remote systems, you may wish to execute a tar command and then fetch the tarball. +Example:: + + fetch src=/var/log/messages dest=/home/logtree + file ````