How can I copy a clone / duplicate folder on S3?

Question

I want to make a copy of folders and images in my s3 bucket for my development server. How can i do this?

Answer 1

I must say, in conclusion, I recommend using a graphical interface. They have already posted the work for you.

My best recommendation is Bucket Explorer (works on all OSs)

Second runner-up - CloudBerry (PC only)

Bucket Explorer has a nice, very intuitive graphical interface and has many great benefits, analytics and usability that outweigh the others I experimented with.

Answer 2

I just wanted to write an updated answer here:

Now you can use the Amazon AWS Management Console (under the S3 tab) to right-click on any folder (or file) in Bucket A, click Copy , then go to Bucket B and right-click and click Paste

This makes it very easy to copy the contents of your production bucket into your dev bucket.

Answer 3

If you are using linux and just want to drag and drop copies to the local file system, you can use s3sync:

http://www.s3sync.net/wiki

If you want to access files directly on s3, you can mount s3 as a fuse file system locally, but be careful that accessing files using this method depends on your connection, so speed problems may occur. I used s3fs perfectly for accessing backups, etc .:

(can only post one atm message, but google s3fs - it is hosted on googlecode)

If you just need a copy, then s3sync is the easiest option.

Hope this helps.