Use govc datastore.download for entire directory

[aterrell5]

Is it possible to use govc to download files in batches from a datastore? After looking at the documentation and trying a few methods, I've been unable to find a way to script the collection of all files/resources within a directory on a datastore. Is this possible? Here is what I've been trying (in various iterations including wildcards, etc):

Dir Structure:
DATASTORE_NAME
|_ path on datastore
|_ sub path
|_ sub sub path
|_ files here
|_ sub sub path
|_ files here
|_ files here
|_ files here

govc datastore.download -ds="$DATASTORE_NAME" "/path on datastore/sub path/" "/localOS/storage/sub path/" (I've also tried like /sub path/* and similar to see if it was just a syntax issue)

This appears to start the process but errors out shortly after saying:
govc: open /localOS/storage/sub path/: is a directory

Any ideas what I'm missing or can someone point me in the right direction?

[dougm]

No, datastore.download only copies a single file. Can you describe your use-case? There is govc export.ovf, which can download a VM and its related files.

[aterrell5]

I see and thanks for the info. I think making use of powerCLI and new-psdrive pointing to the datastore might be our alternative. We have a datastore that holds ISOs and Application packages for a logically air-gapped environment. Was hoping to build out a solution to script the retrieval of all the components from that datastore once connected.