AWS CLI S3 Cheat Sheet/Mirror local directory to S3 with deletes

Delete extra destination objects during sync.

Section: High-Level S3 Commands

Mirror local directory to S3 with deletes

bash
bash
aws s3 sync ./public s3://my-bucket/public/ --delete
Explanation

Be careful: removes destination objects that do not exist locally.

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