Can I move an object into a 'folder' inside an S3 bucket using the s3cmd mv command?
amazon-s3, s3cmd
Solution
To move/copy from one bucket to another or the same bucket I use s3cmd tool and works fine. For instance:
s3cmd cp --r s3://bucket1/directory1 s3://bucket2/directory1
s3cmd mv --recursive s3://bucket1/directory1 s3://bucket2/directory1
Problem
I have the `s3cmd` command line tool for linux installed. It works fine to put files in a bucket. However, I want to move a file into a 'folder'. I know that folders aren't natively supported by S3, but my Cyberduck GUI tool converts them nicely for me to view my backups. For instance, I have a file in the root of the bucket, called 'test.mov' that I want to move to the 'idea' folder. I am trying this: ``` s3cmd mv s3://mybucket/test.mov s3://mybucket/idea/test.mov ``` but I get strange errors like: ``` WARNING: Retrying failed request: /idea/test.mov (timed out) WARNING: Waiting 3 sec... ``` I also tried quotes, but that didn't help either: ``` s3cmd mv 's3://mybucket/test.mov' 's3://mybucket/idea/test.mov' ``` Neither did just the folder name ``` s3cmd mv 's3://mybucket/test.mov' 's3://mybucket/idea/' ``` Is there a way within having to delete and reput this 3GB file? Update: Just FYI, I can put new files directly into a folder like this: ``` s3cmd put test2.mov s3://mybucket/idea/test2.mov ``` But still don't know how to move them around....