@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def _get_filelist_from_file(cfg, local_path):

         result.append((key, [], values))

     return result

-def fetch_local_list(args, recursive = None):

+def fetch_local_list(args, is_src = False, recursive = None):

     def _get_filelist_local(loc_list, local_uri, cache):

         info(u"Compiling list of local files...")

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def fetch_local_list(args, recursive = None):

         if local_uri.isdir():

             local_base = deunicodise(local_uri.basename())

             local_path = deunicodise(local_uri.path())

-            if len(cfg.files_from):

+            if is_src and len(cfg.files_from):

                 filelist = _get_filelist_from_file(cfg, local_path)

                 single_file = False

             else:

@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ def cmd_object_put(args):

     if len(args) == 0:

         raise ParameterError("Nothing to upload. Expecting a local file or directory.")

-    local_list, single_file_local = fetch_local_list(args)

+    local_list, single_file_local = fetch_local_list(args, is_src = True)

     local_list, exclude_list = filter_exclude_include(local_list)

@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ def cmd_sync_remote2local(args):

     s3 = S3(Config())

     destination_base = args[-1]

-    local_list, single_file_local = fetch_local_list(destination_base, recursive = True)

+    local_list, single_file_local = fetch_local_list(destination_base, is_src = False, recursive = True)

     remote_list = fetch_remote_list(args[:-1], recursive = True, require_attribs = True)

     local_count = len(local_list)

@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ def cmd_sync_local2remote(args):

         error(u"or disable encryption with --no-encrypt parameter.")

         sys.exit(1)

-    local_list, single_file_local = fetch_local_list(args[:-1], recursive = True)

+    local_list, single_file_local = fetch_local_list(args[:-1], is_src = True, recursive = True)

     destinations = [args[-1]]

     if cfg.additional_destinations: