'when module names are expressed like:
action: copy src=a dest=b
the first part of the string is the name of the module
and the rest are strings pertaining to the arguments.'

def _split_module_string(self, module_string):

    tokens = split_args(module_string)
    if (len(tokens) > 1):
        return (tokens[0], '    '.join(tokens[1:]))
    else:
        return (tokens[0], '')
