Port, board and/or hardware

ESP32 on a custom designed ESP32-s3 board

MicroPython version

MicroPython v1.25.0 on 2025-04-15; Generic ESP32S3 module with ESP32S3

Reproduction

1. install mpremote using the instructions here.
2. run the command mpremote connect /dev/cu.usbserial-A5069RR4 cp -r configuration/ :configuration/ to recursively copy the configuration directory to the board.

Expected behaviour

I expected the command to recursively copy all files within the configuration directory over to the board to a folder located at /configuration, and to create that folder if it doesn't exist. This expectation comes from the documentation on this page.

mpremote cp -r utils/ :utils/ + soft-reset repl
Same as above, but update the entire utils directory first.

Observed behaviour

The tool returns the following error:

$ mpremote connect /dev/cu.usbserial-A5069RR4 cp -r configuration/ :configuration/
cp configuration/ :configuration/
mpremote: cp: -r not specified; omitting directory

Additional Information

Running on a M1 MacBook Pro, macOS Sequoia 15.3.2.
Using mpremote 1.25.0.

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