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Is there a need to have -r in gsutil cp cmd?

Hello, is there a need to have -r in gsutil cp command? It seems using "gsutil cp" already copies all objects from the old bucket to the new bucket.

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Ah, the -r flag can let you copy the objects while preserving their subdirectory structure.  If you use **, you will "flatten" the structure.  Check out this gsutil cp documentation page for all the details. 🙂

Mattias

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Thank you!

Mattias Andersson

No problem! Happy to help! 🙂

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