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s3cmd tool on Windows server with progress support

As the title suggests, I am using the s3cmd tool to upload/download files on Amazon. However I have to use Windows Server and bring in some sort of progress reporting. The problem is that on windows, s3cmd gives me the following error:

ERROR: Option --progress is not yet supported on MS Windows platform. Assuming - -no-progress.

Now, I need this --progress option. Are there any workarounds for that? Or maybe some other tool?

Thanks.

Solution

  • OK, I have found a decent workaround to that:

    Just navigate to C:\Python27\Scripts\s3cmd and comment out lines 1837-1845. This way we can essentially skip a windows check and print progress on the cmd. However, since it works normally, I have no clue why the authors put it there in the first place.

    Cheers.