Running ee_utils_sak_copy("any file") on a non existing file will still delivers a positive message that the file was successfully copied:
library(rgee)
reticulate::use_condaenv("~/programs/anaconda3/envs/ee")
file.exists("any file")
#> [1] FALSE
ee_utils_sak_copy("any file")
#> SaK copy successfully
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