The -p option is not applicable to the template form, below, which always creates local subdirs if needed.

If ": hpss_path" is specified, then this command uses the HPSS path "hpss_path/local_path" as a template for creating a local subdirectory by copying the owner, group and permissions of the HPSS components of "local_path" (starting at the HPSS subdirectory "hpss_path").