id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	launchpad_bug
1103	"""tahoe cp -r"" gives unhelpful error message when you append a ':"" to the dircap as arg"	zooko		"The help text for {{{tahoe cp}}} says:
{{{
Usage: tahoe [options] cp FROM.. TO
…
You can also use a dircap as either FROM or TO target:
}}}
but it doesn't work. Using {{{--dir-cap=$DIRCAP}}} and the {{{tahoe:}}} alias works:
{{{
$ tahoe cp --verbose --node-url=http://127.0.0.1:3456 --dir-cap= URI:DIR2:ctmtx2awdo4xt77x5xxaz6nyxm:n5t546ddvd6xlv4v6se6sjympbdbvo7orwizuzl42urm73sxazqa -r . tahoe:
examining 0 of 10
examining 1 of 10
examining 2 of 10
examining 0 of 1
…
}}}
but using the $DIRCAP as an argument yields an incorrect error message:
{{{
$ tahoe cp --verbose --node-url=http://127.0.0.1:3456 -r .  URI:DIR2-RO:ixqhc4kdbjxc7o65xjnveoewym:5x6lwoxghrd5rxhwunzavft2qygfkt27oj3fbxlq4c6p45z5uneq:
cannot copy directory into a file
}}}"	defect	new	major	undecided	code-frontend-cli	1.7.0		usability error easy