Copy file to local google storage via command line (like gsutil cp)

Question

To emulate production, I want to copy a file to my local google storage (app_default_bucket) maintained by the app engine launcher. This is performed via 'gsutil cp' in production. I would like to do the same locally. Possible? I would like to avoid writing an app just for local use.

Accepted Answer

Since GCS local storage (localhost:8000/_ah/gcs/app_default_bucket) is mapped to /tmp/storage directory (at least on Linux) and cp command supports directory destination, copying files from a bucket to local storage is just a matter of:

```
gsutil -m cp -r gs://[my-bucket] /tmp/storage
```

Copy file to local google storage via command line (like gsutil cp)

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