mc ls/cp --recursive source dest get unexpected files

[fbs2016]

Expected behavior

Take cp command as example, cp one file(testFile) only.

Actual behavior

copy 2 files testFile and testFile1.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

In source path, it includes 2 files, testFile and testFile1.
mc cp --recursive ./testFile $destpath
It copy testFile and testFile1 like copy testFile*.

mc --version

• (paste output of mc --version)
  mc --version
  mc version DEVELOPMENT.GOGET (commit-id=DEVELOPMENT.GOGET)
  Runtime: go1.21.1 linux/amd64
  Copyright (c) 2015-0000 MinIO, Inc.
  License GNU AGPLv3 https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html

System information

[harshavardhana]

That is expected behavior, its called prefix match.

[fbs2016]

@harshavardhana Thanks. I know the option "--recursive" is target to folder copy only.
For the folder copy case, source folder testFoder and testFolder1, mc cp --recursive testFolder destPath, it also copy testFolder and testFoder1. And how to run the command if I just want to copy testFoder only? Thanks

And it's diff with linux ls/cp command, "-r" will not call the prefix match, prefix* can do this match.

[harshavardhana]

just add / at the end if you want cp to terminate at testFolder -> mc cp -r testFolder/ destPath/

[fbs2016]

@harshavardhana Thanks add / as testFolder/, it just copy all files in testFolder like testFolder/* and the output is destPath/filesIntestFolder not I want. I want copy the folder with path to destPath like destPath/testFolder as result.

[harshavardhana]

@harshavardhana Thanks add / as testFolder/, it just copy all files in testFolder like testFolder/* and the output is destPath/filesIntestFolder not I want. I want copy the folder with path to destPath like destPath/testFolder as result.

Then do mc mirror