Make a local copy of an S3 bucket
To make a local copy of an S3 bucket, I use the s3cmd command line tool.
Configure access keys:
s3cmd --configure
Make a local directory for the backup:
mkdir s3backup
cd s3backup
Get a preview of what we're going to copy:
s3cmd sync --dry-run s3://your-bucket-name-here .
Start copying files:
s3cmd sync s3://your-bucket-name-here .
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