You can copy objects to another directory in the same Object Storage Service (OSS) bucket or to another bucket that is located in the same region as the source bucket without changing the object content. In ossutil, you can use the cp command to copy objects.
Usage notes
To copy an object, you must have the
oss:GetObject
,oss:ListObjects
, andoss:PutObject
permissions. For more information, see Attach a custom policy to a RAM user.You can use the cp command to copy objects, but not parts.
By default, both tags and object attributes are copied. You can use the -- copy-props option to specify copy rules for attributes and tags.
You cannot use the cp command to copy objects across Alibaba Cloud accounts or regions. If you want to copy objects across Alibaba Cloud accounts or regions, use ossimport or Data Online Migration.
Command syntax
ossutil cp oss://src_bucket[/src_prefix] oss://dest_bucket[/dest_prefix] [flags]
Parameter | Type | Description |
src_bucket | string | The name of the source bucket. |
src_prefix | string | The directory in which the source object is stored or the prefix contained in the name of the source object. |
dest_bucket | string | The name of the destination bucket. |
dest_prefix | string | The directory in which you want to store the destination object or the prefix contained in the name of the destination object. |
--acl | string | The access control list (ACL) of the destination object. Valid values:
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--bigfile-threshold | int | The object size threshold for multipart copy. Default value: 104857600. |
--cache-control | string | The caching behavior of the web page when the object is downloaded. |
--checkers | int | The number of checkers that you want to run in parallel. Default value: 16. |
--checkpoint-dir | string | The directory in which the checkpoint file of the multipart copy task is stored. Default value: |
--checksum | / | Specifies that only when one of the following conditions are met, the source object is copied: a. the size of the source object is different from that of the destination object; b. the CRC-64 of the source object is different from that of the destination object, but the size of the source object is the same as that of the destination object. This method is only used for copying objects from one bucket to another. |
--content-disposition | string | The display form of the destination object. |
--content-encoding | string | The encoding method used to encode the destination object. |
--content-type | string | The content type of the destination object. |
--copy-props | string | Specifies whether to copy the attributes and tags when the source object is copied. Valid values:
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-d, --dirs | string | Specifies that the objects and subdirectories in the current directory are returned. |
--encoding-type | string | The encoding method used to encode the destination object name. Valid value: url. |
--end-with | string | Specifies that objects whose names are alphabetically before or the same as the value of the --end-with parameter are returned. |
--exclude | stringArray | The exclusion rule for the path or object name. |
--exclude-from | stringArray | Specifies that the exclusion rule is read from the rules file. |
--expires | stringArray | The absolute expiration time of the cached content. |
--files-from | stringArray | Specifies that the object names are read from the rules file, and empty lines or comment lines are ignored. |
--files-from-raw | stringArray | Specifies that the object names are read from the rules file. |
--filter | stringArray | The filter rule for the path or object name. |
--filter-from | stringArray | Specifies that the filter rule for the path or object name is read from the rules file. |
-f, --force | / | Specifies that the command is forcibly run without a prompt for confirmation. |
--include | stringArray | The inclusion rule for the path or object name. |
--include-from | stringArray | Specifies that the inclusion rule is read from the rules file. |
-j, --job | int | The number of concurrent tasks that can be performed on multiple objects. Default value: 3. |
--list-objects | / | Specifies that the ListObjects operation is called to list objects. |
--max-age | Duration | Specifies that the objects whose last modified time is earlier than the value of the --max-age parameter are not transferred. The default unit is seconds. The unit can be milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years. By default, this parameter is left empty. |
--max-mtime | Time | Specifies that the objects whose last modified time is later than the value of the --max-mtime parameter are not transferred. The value is in UTC. By default, this parameter is left empty. |
--max-size | SizeSuffix | Specifies the maximum size of the object that can be transferred. The default unit is bytes. The unit of object size can be bytes, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, or PiB. Note: 1 KiB = 1024 bytes. |
--metadata | strings | The user metadata of the destination object in the key=value format. |
--metadata-directive | string | The method used to configure the metadata of the destination object. Valid values:
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--metadata-exclude | stringArray | The exclusion rule for object metadata. |
--metadata-filter | stringArray | The filter rule for object metadata. |
--metadata-filter-from | stringArray | Specifies that the filter rule for object metadata is read from the rules file. |
--metadata-include | stringArray | The inclusion rule for object metadata. |
--min-age | Duration | Excludes objects whose last modified time is later than the value of this option. The default unit is s (seconds). You can suffix the numerical value with a unit: ms for milliseconds, s for seconds, m for minutes, h for hours, d for days, w for weeks, M for months, or y for years. By default, this parameter is left empty. |
--min-mtime | Time | Specifies that the objects whose last modified time is earlier than the value of the --min-mtime parameter are not transferred. The value is in UTC. By default, this parameter is left empty. |
--min-size | SizeSuffix | Specifies the minimum size of the object that can be transferred. The default unit is bytes. The unit of object size can be bytes, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, or PiB. Note: 1 KiB = 1024 bytes. |
--no-progress | / | Specifies that the progress bar is not displayed. |
--page-size | int | The maximum number of objects that can be returned. Default value: 1000. Valid values: 1 to 1000. |
--parallel | int | The number of concurrent tasks for internal operations on a single object. |
--part-size | SizeSuffix | The part size. By default, ossutil calculates the appropriate part size based on the object size. Valid values: 100 KiB to 5 GiB. |
-r, --recursive | / | Specifies that the command is recursively run on objects. If this parameter is specified, the command takes effect on all objects that meet the conditions in the bucket. Otherwise, the command takes effect on only the objects in the specified path. |
--request-payer | string | Specifies the payer of the request. If pay-by-requester is enabled for the bucket, set this parameter to requester. |
--size-only | / | Specifies that only when the size of the source object is different from that of the destination object, the source object is copied. |
--start-after | string | Specifies that objects whose names are alphabetically after the value of the --start-after parameter are returned. |
--storage-class | string | The storage class of the destination object. Valid values:
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--tagging | strings | The tags of the destination object in the key=value format. |
--tagging-directive | string | The method used to configure the tags of the destination object. Valid values:
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-u, --update | / | Specifies that only when the last modified time of the source object is later than that of the destination object, the source object is copied. |
--ignore-existing | / | Skips objects that already exist. |
For more information, see Command-line options.
The naming rules for the destination object:
If a source object is copied and the dest_prefix parameter is not specified, the name of the destination object is the relative path of the source object.
If a source object is copied and the value of the dest_prefix parameter ends with a forward slash (/), the name of the destination object is in the following format: the value of the dest_prefix parameter + the relative path of the source object.
If a source object is copied and the value of the dest_prefix parameter does not end with a forward slash (/), the name of the destination object is the value of the dest_prefix parameter.
If multiple source objects are copied and the value of the dest_prefix parameter ends with a forward slash (/), the names of the destination objects are in the following format: the value of the dest_prefix parameter + the relative paths of the source objects.
If multiple source objects are copied and the value of the dest_prefix parameter does not end with a forward slash (/), the names of the destination objects are in the following format: the value of the dest_prefix parameter + / + the relative paths of the source objects.
Examples
Copy a single object
ossutil cp oss://examplebucket1/examplefile.txt oss://examplebucket1/desfolder/
Copy incremental objects
If you specify the --update parameter when you copy multiple source objects, ossutil copies the source objects only when the destination objects do not exist or the last modified time of the source objects is later than that of the destination objects. Sample command:
ossutil cp oss://examplebucket1/srcfolder1/ oss://examplebucket1/desfolder/ -r --update
This parameter can be used to skip copied objects and copy only objects that fail to be copied.
Rename an object
ossutil cp oss://examplebucket1/examplefile.txt oss://examplebucket1/example.txt
When you run the cp command to rename an object, the original object still exists. You can delete the original object after you rename the object.
Modify the tags of an object
ossutil cp oss://examplebucket1/examplefile.txt oss://examplebucket1/ --tagging "abc=1&bcd=2&……"