Downloading RackSpace CloudFiles Container with Swiftly

Swiftly is a handy utility for managed RackSpace CloudFiles containers from the Linux command line. You can easily download an entire container with a simple command line. Here’s the project page on Github:

https://github.com/gholt/swiftly

And here’s the documentation:

http://gholt.github.io/swiftly/

Installation through a package manager is as follows:

Ubuntu

1. Update the apt-get database.
   
   sudo apt-get update

   1 2	sudo apt-get update

2. Install the Python installer, pip, using apt-get.
   
   sudo apt-get install python-pip

   1 2	sudo apt-get install python-pip

3. Install Swiftly using pip.
   
   sudo pip install swiftly

   1	sudo pip install swiftly

CentOS

1. Install the Python installer, pip, using yum.
   
   sudo yum install python-pip

   1 2	sudo yum install python-pip

2. Install swiftly using pip.
   
   sudo pip install swiftly

   1	sudo pip install swiftly

After installation you can start transferring files. Here’s an example:

The entire [container] will be downloaded to [destfolder].

Check the Swiftly documentation for a wide range of options. You can select with precision which files to download.