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

Question

I want to make a copy of the folders and images on my s3 bucket for my development server. How can I do that?

Answer 1

I just wanted to write an updated answer here:

You can now use Amazon's AWS Management Console (under the S3 tab) to right click on any folder (or file) in Bucket A, click Copy, then navigate to Bucket B and right click and click Paste

This makes it extremely easy to copy the contents of your production bucket over to your dev bucket.

Answer 2

If you are using linux, and just want to drag copies down to the local filesystem, then you could use s3sync:

http://www.s3sync.net/wiki

If you wanted to access the files directly on s3, you could mount s3 as a fuse filesystem locally, but beware that accessing files using this method is dependent on your connection, so there could be speed issues. I've used s3fs perfectly well for accessing backups etc:

(can only post one link atm, but google s3fs - it's hosted on googlecode)

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

Hope this helps.