- * It's a directory. If we're not in recursive mode and
- * we haven't been passed a wildcard from
- * scp_sink_setup, this just merits a complaint.
+ * It's a directory. If we're not in recursive mode,
+ * this merits a complaint (which is fatal if the name
+ * was specified directly, but not if it was matched by
+ * a wildcard).
+ *
+ * We skip this complaint completely if
+ * scp_sftp_wildcard is set, because that's an
+ * indication that we're not actually supposed to
+ * _recursively_ transfer the dir, just scan it for
+ * things matching the wildcard.