if err = checkGetObjArgs(ctx, bucket, object); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// This is a special call attempted first to check for SOS-API calls.
	gr, err = veeamSOSAPIGetObject(ctx, bucket, object, rs, opts)
	if err == nil {
		return gr, nil
	}

	// reset any error to 'nil' and any reader to be 'nil'
	gr = nil
	err = nil

	object = encodeDirObject(object)