I am having a problem where gsutil does not seem to follow the behavior described in the documentation (at least in Windows). The documentation states:
When performing recursive directory copies, object names are constructed that mirror the source directory structure starting at the point of recursive processing. For example, the command:
gsutil cp -R dir1/dir2 gs://my_bucket
will create objects named like gs://my_bucket/dir2/a/b/c
, assuming dir1/dir2
contains the file a/b/c
.
However, in practice I have found that it will create objects named:
gs://my_bucket/dir1/dir2/a/b/c
ie, it copies the entire directory path stated in the gsutil
command, rather than "starting at the point of recursive processing" (dir2) as stated in the documentation.
Am I missing/misunderstanding something here?
I noticed the same behavior when using the gsutil cp -R
command with a similar directory structure. In order to copy the desired directory from within the 'dir2' level I used the command: gsutil rsync -r dir1/dir2 gs://mybucket