Manage objects

Manage objects

  • To upload an object to a container, run the following command:

    $ swift upload CONTAINER OBJECT_FILENAME
    

    To upload an object in chunks, for larger than 5GB files, run the following command:

    $ swift upload -S CHUNK_SIZE CONTAINER OBJECT_FILENAME
    

    Important

    Uploading objects in chunks is mandatory if uploading an object larger than 5GB.

  • To check the status of the object, run the following command:

    $ swift stat CONTAINER OBJECT_FILENAME
    
    Account: AUTH_7b5970fbe7724bf9b74c245e77c03bcg
    Container: storage1
    Object: images
    Content Type: application/octet-stream
    Content Length: 211616
    Last Modified: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:40:36 GMT
    ETag: 82169623d55158f70a0d720f238ec3ef
    Meta Orig-Filename: images.jpg
    Accept-Ranges: bytes
    X-Timestamp: 1392684036.33306
    
  • To list the objects in a container, run the following command:

    $ swift list CONTAINER
    
  • To download an object from a container, run the following command:

    $ swift download CONTAINER OBJECT_FILENAME
    
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