Swift Command-Line Client

OpenStack Object Storage provides a command-line client, Swift, that can be used to interface with ZFS object store. The Swift command-line client is an open-source Python client that can be run on Linux or Apple Mac OS X systems.

The following table describes the Swift client commands.

Table 2-5 Swift Commands

Command	Description
delete	Delete a container or objects within a container.
download	Download objects from containers.
list	Lists the containers for the account or the objects for a container.
post	Updates meta information for the account, container, or object; creates containers if not present.
copy	Copies object, optionally adds meta.
stat	Displays information for the account, container, or object.
upload	Uploads files or directories to the given container.