gsutil cp command error, CommandException: NO URLs matched:

Question

Good day, I am not a developer but running simple gsutil command to manage my google cloud storage.

I ran into an issue where I run the following command form the cmd

gsutil -m cp -r gs:/bucket/ .

Scenario1: with most buckets this goes just fine

Scenario2: there is one bucket where I get an error and I really have no clue how this is possible

the error I get is:

CommandException: NO URLs matched: gs://content-music.tapgamez.com/

I am hoping anyone can share their thoughts with me

thnx

Answer 1

One scenario where this error message appears is when the bucket you're attempting to recursively copy from contains no objects, e.g.:

$ gsutil mb gs://some-random-bucket-name
$ gsutil -m cp -r gs://some-random-bucket-name/ .
CommandException: No URLs matched: gs://some-random-bucket-name/
CommandException: 1 file/object could not be transferred.

The same issue, but for the rm command, is being tracked on GitHub: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gsutil/issues/417

Answer 2

gsutil command rsync doesn't seem to have this issue (working fine even on empty buckets). Try it to see if it will do that you need. Docs

gsutil rsync -r gs://mybucket1 gs://mybucket2

Answer 3

I also faced a similar issue, I was doing the following mistake -

Mistake - gsutil cp -r gs://<bucket-name>/src/main/resources/output/20220430 .

Correct - gsutil cp -r gs://<bucket-name>//src/main/resources/output/20220430 .

I was missing the extra '/' after bucket name.

to get the exact name , you can select the object and get that URL from there.