[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #712: tahoe cp flattens directories

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#712: tahoe cp flattens directories
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     Reporter:  zooko              |      Owner:  warner
         Type:  defect             |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major              |  Milestone:  1.11.0
    Component:  code-frontend-cli  |    Version:  1.4.1
   Resolution:                     |   Keywords:  tahoe-cp usability
Launchpad Bug:                     |
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Changes (by davidsarah):

 * milestone:  eventually => 1.11.0


Old description:

> I had two entries in my local filesystem, a file named "22brain.html" and
> a directory named "22brain_files", which was full of other files and
> subdirectories.  I ran {{tahoe cp 22brain* tahoe:22brain/}}}.  Afterward
> I expected to find {{{tahoe:22brain/22brain.html}}} and
> {{{tahoe:22brain/22brain_files/}}}, but instead I found the ''contents''
> of the local "22brain_files" directory copied directly into the
> {{{tahoe:22brain}}} directory.  This breaks all the links in the
> "22brain.html" file and means I need to delete this directory and try
> again.

New description:

 I had two entries in my local filesystem, a file named "22brain.html" and
 a directory named "22brain_files", which was full of other files and
 subdirectories.  I ran {{tahoe cp 22brain* tahoe:22brain/}}}.  Afterward I
 expected to find {{{tahoe:22brain/22brain.html}}} and
 {{{tahoe:22brain/22brain_files/}}}, but instead I found the ''contents''
 of the local "22brain_files" directory copied directly into the
 {{{tahoe:22brain}}} directory.  This breaks all the links in the
 "22brain.html" file and means I need to delete this directory and try
 again.

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Comment:

 zooko forgot he had filed this ticket :-) and wrote in the duplicate
 ticket #1854 :
 > {{{
 > $ ls -al
 > total 1740
 > drwxrwxr-x 3 zooko zooko   4096 Nov 11 04:56 .
 > drwxrwxr-x 3 zooko zooko   4096 Nov 11 04:52 ..
 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 zooko zooko  80898 Aug 21 19:23
 276a292eebb111e186fe22000a1c9ebd_7.jpg
 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 zooko zooko  96881 Nov 10 03:48 causes-of-death-2010.png
 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 zooko zooko  20450 Nov 11 04:52 hackers-2012-slides.html
 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 zooko zooko  11458 Nov 10 14:57 hackers-2012-slides.rst
 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 zooko zooko 948821 Nov 10 03:46
 Murphy-2012-Deaths__Preliminary_Data_For_2010.pdf
 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 zooko zooko 113191 Nov 10 11:51 Neal-2008-Table4.png
 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 zooko zooko 117367 Nov 10 10:48
 Neal-2008-The_ketogenic_diet_for_the_treatment_of_childhood_epilepsy__a_randomised_controlled_trial.pdf
 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 zooko zooko 148251 Nov 10 10:37
 Neal-2010-Efficacy_Of_Dietary_Treatments_For_Epilepsy.pdf
 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 zooko zooko 219436 Nov 10 10:42 Neal-2010-Table2.png
 > drwxrwxr-x 4 zooko zooko   4096 Nov 10 14:04 ui
 > $ time tahoe cp -r *
 URI:DIR2-MDMF:qda3lf42dkxclwbuh5h7qwygne:obhqprvm6hafvarzzssrawgazx6p6tgopi4fslirhelg7xqyfr6a:
 > Success: files copied
 >
 > real    0m26.085s
 > user    0m1.003s
 > sys     0m0.140s
 > HACK zompu:~/book/gitworld/presentations/hackers-2012$ tahoe ls -l
 URI:DIR2-MDMF:qda3lf42dkxclwbuh5h7qwygne:obhqprvm6hafvarzzssrawgazx6p6tgopi4fslirhelg7xqyfr6a:
 > -r--  80898 Nov 11 04:58
 276a292eebb111e186fe22000a1c9ebd_7.jpg
 > -r-- 948821 Nov 11 04:58
 Murphy-2012-Deaths__Preliminary_Data_For_2010.pdf
 > -r-- 113191 Nov 11 04:58
 Neal-2008-Table4.png
 > -r-- 117367 Nov 11 04:58
 Neal-2008-The_ketogenic_diet_for_the_treatment_of_childhood_epilepsy__a_randomised_controlled_trial.pdf
 > -r-- 148251 Nov 11 04:58
 Neal-2010-Efficacy_Of_Dietary_Treatments_For_Epilepsy.pdf
 > -r-- 219436 Nov 11 04:58
 Neal-2010-Table2.png
 > -r--  96881 Nov 11 04:58
 causes-of-death-2010.png
 > drwx      - Nov 11 04:56
 default
 > -r--  20450 Nov 11 04:58
 hackers-2012-slides.html
 > -r--  11458 Nov 11 04:58
 hackers-2012-slides.rst
 > drwx      - Nov 11 04:56
 small-white
 > }}}
 >
 > This is wrong, causing my slides to be unable to load their CSS when
 viewed from Tahoe-LAFS (e.g.it looks like https://zooko.com/uri/URI%3ADIR2
 -MDMF-
 RO%3Appnrefnrnovjpoiv3jirjnpoim%3Aobhqprvm6hafvarzzssrawgazx6p6tgopi4fslirhelg7xqyfr6a/hackers-2012-slides.html
 when it should look like this: https://zooko.com/uri/URI:DIR2-MDMF-
 RO:nmrgdbrmwdta2bfzke4pfttsei:vlijvwz4kncumxkob5um45sni7btqelu4q5oltcl5nqxwjrif2iq/hackers-2012-slides.html).
 >
 > The result should have been that the directory-and-file structure in the
 tahoe-lafs dir matched that in the local dir.

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