aws_file_copy: Copy files between buckets

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Copy files between buckets

Description

Copy files between buckets

Usage

aws_file_copy(remote_path, bucket, force = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

remote_path	(character) one or more remote S3 paths. required
bucket	(character) bucket to copy files to. required. if the bucket does not exist we prompt you asking if you'd like the bucket to be created
force	(logical) force bucket creation without going through the prompt. default: FALSE. Should only be set to TRUE when required for non-interactive use.
...	named parameters passed on to s3fs::s3_file_copy()

Value

vector of paths, length matches length(remote_path)

See Also

Other files: aws_file_attr(), aws_file_delete(), aws_file_download(), aws_file_exists(), aws_file_rename(), aws_file_upload(), six_file_upload()

Examples

bucket1 <- random_bucket()
aws_bucket_create(bucket1)

# create files in an existing bucket
tfiles <- replicate(n = 3, tempfile())
for (i in tfiles) cat("Hello\nWorld\n", file = i)
paths <- s3_path(bucket1, c("aaa", "bbb", "ccc"), ext = "txt")
aws_file_upload(tfiles, paths)

# create a new bucket
bucket2 <- random_bucket()
new_bucket <- aws_bucket_create(bucket = bucket2)

# add existing files to the new bucket
aws_file_copy(paths, bucket2)

# or, create a bucket that doesn't exist yet
bucket3 <- random_bucket()
aws_file_copy(paths, bucket3, force = TRUE)

# Cleanup
six_bucket_delete(bucket1, force = TRUE)
six_bucket_delete(bucket2, force = TRUE)
six_bucket_delete(bucket3, force = TRUE)

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