# Rosie copy not working as expected

**URL:** <https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/rosie-copy-not-working-as-expected/1710>\
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**Created:** [22 May 2025 11:31 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/rosie-copy-not-working-as-expected/1710 "2025-05-22T11:31:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![penmaher](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/penmaher/32/437_2.png) [@penmaher](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/penmaher)\
**Post date:** [22 May 2025 11:31 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/rosie-copy-not-working-as-expected/1710/1 "2025-05-22T11:31:47Z")

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Hi CMS team,

I am trying to take a copy of a suite but getting a weird behaviour. When I copy the suite it opens the rose-suite.info file in vim, and then when I save and exit from vim I get the following:

[penmaher@puma2 roses]$ rosie copy u-as037  
[FAIL] rose-suite.info: issues: 2  
[FAIL] =suite-documentation=  
[FAIL] Value does not contain the pattern: ^https?://.+/.+$|^#[0-9]+$  
[FAIL] =variant-id=  
[FAIL] Value does not contain the pattern: ^r[1-9][0-9]\*i[1-9][0-9]\*p[1-9][0-9]_f[1-9][0-9]_$  
rose-suite.info has invalid settings. Try again? [y or n (default)] n

This is a suite I have copied in the past. Is this a system wide issue or something specific to me?

Thank you in advance

Penny

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**Author:** ![Juan\_Bilbao](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/juan_bilbao/32/458_2.png) [@Juan\_Bilbao](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/Juan_Bilbao)\
**Post date:** [22 May 2025 14:50 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/rosie-copy-not-working-as-expected/1710/2 "2025-05-22T14:50:19Z")

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Hi Penny,

After you type `rosie copy u-as037`, the `rose-suite.info` file will open, and you’ll need to edit the metadata fields: `suite-documentation` and `variant-id`. These fields cannot be left empty.

Have you been given a specific `variant-id` to use?

You can try these values that match the required pattern:

```auto
suite-documentation = https://code.metoffice.gov.uk/trac/ukcmip6/
variant-id = r99i1p1f99

```

After you made the changes, save the file and the copy should go through successfully. Please double-check whether you are expected to use a specific `variant-id` if this is part of an official experiment.

Best regards,  
Juan

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**Author:** ![penmaher](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/penmaher/32/437_2.png) [@penmaher](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/penmaher)\
**Post date:** [23 May 2025 08:04 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/rosie-copy-not-working-as-expected/1710/3 "2025-05-23T08:04:43Z")

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Thanks for the reply. I thought I had copied suites in the past without this information given but I must be wrong. Thanks for helping.

In case anyone else uses the code snip it above, please remove the space on either side of the =.

This ticket can now be closed.

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**Author:** ![Juan\_Bilbao](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/juan_bilbao/32/458_2.png) [@Juan\_Bilbao](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/Juan_Bilbao)\
**Post date:** [23 May 2025 08:40 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/rosie-copy-not-working-as-expected/1710/4 "2025-05-23T08:40:02Z")

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