AWS S3 cp does not download 40 GB file

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I just uploaded a 40GB backup file from my linux EC2 machine to an S3 bucket. However when I want to download it the aws command ends with no message and nothing was copied.

Here is my command:

aws s3 cp s3://BUCKET/FOLDER1/FOLDER2/FILE.tar.gz ./FILE.tar.gz

using "--dryrun" I get the following message:

(dryrun) download: s3://BUCKET/FOLDER1/FOLDER2/FILE.tar.gz to ./FILE.tar.gz

NOTE: I checked that the file does exists in S3 and that the disk I want to download to has enough space. As I could upload the same file I assume that the permissions of the Backup-User (IAM) are correct (Full Access to S3).

Any ideas?

Jörg Rech

Posted 2014-07-21T13:32:12.597

Reputation: 193

2Try and provide the full path to the file. Before you do this verify the write permissions are correct. – Ramhound – 2014-07-21T13:52:55.507

What exit code do you get? – None – 2014-07-21T15:00:21.597

Thanks for getting me on the right trail. The path was correct and there was no exit code or any other output! However, I had no right to writing the file to the directory I was in and without an error code I did not see that. – Jörg Rech – 2014-07-21T17:17:42.003

Answers

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@Ramhound had the right idea: I did not have the write permissions to the directory I wanted to download to and the aws command returns no error message or code (in this case).

Jörg Rech

Posted 2014-07-21T13:32:12.597

Reputation: 193

I wish there was an error message. – Eric Walker – 2015-07-22T14:31:08.560

Asked: 2014-07-21T13:32:12.597

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Active: 2014-10-16T11:45:15.740