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I have 4 files xxxxx.xlsx in this directory:

/var/tmp/dagxxxxx/2019-08-10/xxxxx.xlsx

I want to copy them over to:

gs://reports_dev/2019

Using gsutil cp -r the final gcs path should be like(with all 4 files):

gs://reports_dev/2019/2019-08-10/xxxxx.xlsx

I tried different combination of cp and -r like:

gsutil cp -r /var/tmp/dagxxxxx/2019-08-10/** gs://reports_dev/2019

but couldn't get the desired path in gcs.

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Remove the trailing Asterisks, -r already means recursive, this should work:

gsutil cp -r /var/tmp/dagxxxxx/2019-08-10/ gs://reports_dev/2019

If you append a forward slash / to your source, it will copy the folder to your destination, if you don't, it will copy the Content of your source to your destination.

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    This is actually not working to not copy the folder to the destination, i have tried with and without the / at the end and it copies the source folder anyway.
    – Tom3652
    Commented Aug 28, 2022 at 13:28
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    @Tom3652 I think that happens because you already have content in your destination. Then it will copy the folder in your destination, so it will not overwrite what you already have there.
    – Guanaco Devs
    Commented Aug 29, 2022 at 0:07
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    Yees thanks for the explanation, i have found a way stackoverflow.com/questions/73519118/… to avoid this :)
    – Tom3652
    Commented Aug 29, 2022 at 7:33

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