Can I synchronize a local folder with a cloud storage bucket

Question

I want the contents of a local folder and that of my cloud storage bucket to be in sync. Is this possible? How can I synchronize the data in the two?

Answer 1

If you want to synchronize a local directory with a bucket or vice versa, you can do that with the gsutil rsync command. 

For example, to make gs://example-bucket match the contents of the local directory local-dir you can use:

gsutil -m rsync -r local-dir gs://example-bucket

If you use the rsync -d flag, it signals gsutil to delete files at the destination (gs://example-bucket in the command above) that aren't present at the source (local-dir). 

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