Uploading a directory with --keep-directories messes up the destination path

[adriaan1313]

Basically:
doing ia upload --keep-directories "trugkieke-2011" "Trugkieke 2011\HD" put the file in
/Trugkieke 2011/HDTrugkieke 2011/HD/1232301.json

It is unnecessary to use --keep-directories when uploading a directory, but I didn't know that (because it is needed for specific files).
So it is inconsistent.
When doing ia upload --keep-directories "trugkieke-2011" "Trugkieke 2011\HD\1230662.json", it goes to Trugkieke 2011\HD\1230662.json.
Doing ia upload "trugkieke-2011" "Trugkieke 2011\HD" does get the intended outcome, but i can imagine no circumstance where it'd be reasonable to take the directory path and duplicate it like /Trugkieke 2011/HDTrugkieke 2011/HD/.

(note: where the file goes is copied from the command output. For some reason, when doing ia upload --keep-directories "trugkieke-2011" "Trugkieke 2011\HD\1230662.json", it output the path with backslashes, but every other time it did forward slashes)

I am on version 5.5.1 and on windows with python 3.11.4.

[jjjake]

Sorry for the confusion @adriaan1313.

Currently, the ia command-line tool doesn’t officially support Windows. However, we always welcome pull requests that help improve Windows compatibility.

As a workaround, I think --remote-name might work for you on Windows (note: this can only be used for single file uploads):

ia upload "trugkieke-2011" "Trugkieke 2011\HD\1230662.json" --remote-name "Trugkieke 2011/HD/1230662.json"

[adriaan1313]

Oh, I have no problems using the tool currently (by just not using --keep-directories).
The problem is that, if uploading an entire folder, it seems to duplicate the path when you add --keep-directories, which seems like incorrect behaviour. I can confirm this happens, both in Windows itself and on WSL (Ubuntu 2404).
Individual files go to the correct place.

[kal179]

Similar Issue Occurred on Linux

Hello @jjjake @adriaan1313, I faced similar issue on linux.

My Environment:
Minimal Arch Linux Setup,
Using Official Binary Cli Tool (ia 5.7.1),
Python (on my system) 3.13.7,

used the following parameters/script.

#!/bin/bash

PARAMS=(
    --config-file path-to-my-config
    upload <Identifier> 'my dir 2'
    --metadata="foo:bar"
    --verify
    --no-derive
    --keep-directories
)

ia "${PARAMS[@]}"

Identifier for my upload: EarthsTestItem_3

Structure of 'my dir 2' on my computer:
my dir 2/AUDIO TS/
my dir 2/AUDIO TS/hello.txt
my dir 2/AUDIO TS/galaxy/
my dir 2/AUDIO TS/galaxy/galaxy.txt

Dir Structure on archive after upload:
my dir 2my dir 2/AUDIO TS/
my dir 2my dir 2/AUDIO TS/hello.txt
my dir 2my dir 2/AUDIO TS/galaxy/
my dir 2my dir 2/AUDIO TS/galaxy/galaxy.txt

Issue: Name of Root/Main Dir I set to upload was appended to itself and this new appended name was set as Dir Name created on archive.

Later I did realize that providing --keep-directories is not necessary when upload file path is a directory.

P.S. I unwittingly did the same thing again (24 nov) and result was the same -- original dir name appended to itself on archive