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Is the "aws s3 mv --recursive" command atomic?

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I have a customer who would like a definitive answer, whether the mv command is atomic.

I.e. either all objects are moved or none.

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StorageManagement & Governance
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Amazon Simple Storage ServiceAWS Command Line Interface
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AWS-User-1263347
asked 5 years ago848 views
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No, it's not. Each object transfer is atomic. That is, either a whole file is transferred, or none of it is. But the directory structure is not atomic and a failure can cause mv to fail mid-way.

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Tim Gustafson
answered 5 years ago

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