[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:  daira
         Type:  defect        |     Status:  assigned
     Priority:  major         |  Milestone:  1.11.0
    Component:  code-         |    Version:  1.4.1
  frontend-cli                |   Keywords:  tahoe-cp usability test-needed
   Resolution:                |
Launchpad Bug:                |
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Changes (by daira):

 * keywords:  tahoe-cp usability recursive test-needed => tahoe-cp usability
     test-needed


Comment:

 Wildcards are indeed expanded by the Unix shell. I don't think that's the
 problem, though; the problem is that {{{tahoe cp}}} is doing the wrong
 thing with individual source arguments that are directories. Compare with
 {{{Unix cp}}}:
 {{{
 $ mkdir foo
 $ mkdir bar
 $ cp foo bar
 cp: omitting directory `foo'
 $ ls
 bar  foo
 $ cp -R foo bar
 $ ls bar
 foo
 }}}

 I.e. {{{cp -R foo bar}}} should create a copy of {{{foo}}} itself, not the
 children of {{{foo}}}, under {{{bar}}}. (It doesn't matter whether or not
 {{{foo}}} is specified with a trailing slash.)

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