Re: [S3tools-general] s3cmd & S3 "placeholder" folders

[Michal L. <ml...@lo...>]

  On 10/27/2010 02:08 AM, Michael Howard wrote:
> My understanding that s3 stores named objects in buckets and that any
> directory structure implied by / chars is simply by convention.
Yes.
> I copy a directory tree to s3 using s3cmd.
> I then browse to the new s3 directory tree using crossftp.
> A dialog box pops up saying:
>
>    S3 placeholder folder does not exist. Do you want to create it?
>
> Q: Is there a mechanism (or option) to have s3cmd create these "placeholders" ?
s3cmd doesn't need (and therefore doesn't create) these placeholders. 
However it currently seems to be one of the most wanted features, both 
for compatibility with other S3 tools and as well to enable "storing" of 
empty directories. I will have a look at adding it asap.

Michal