sync --delete-after from local to remote does not delete local files

[frallain]

I've tried several times the following commands with s3cmd 2.0.1, 2.0.0, 1.5.0 and the files do no get removed after syncing. Is there something I am doing wrong? Is this feature broken?

$ s3cmd sync --delete-after  5 s3://dummy-test/
'5/3697/379C/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h34m04s+0000.jpg' -> 's3://dummy-test/5/3697/379C/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h34m04s+0000.jpg'  [1 of 8]
 1362078 of 1362078   100% in   14s    90.96 kB/s  done
'5/3697/379C/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h34m09s+0000.jpg' -> 's3://dummy-test/5/3697/379C/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h34m09s+0000.jpg'  [2 of 8]
 1412735 of 1412735   100% in   15s    86.91 kB/s  done
'5/3697/379C/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h35m09s+0000.jpg' -> 's3://dummy-test/5/3697/379C/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h35m09s+0000.jpg'  [3 of 8]
 1401554 of 1401554   100% in   15s    90.69 kB/s  done
'5/3697/379C/image.xml' -> 's3://dummy-test/5/3697/379C/image.xml'  [4 of 8]
 3192 of 3192   100% in    0s     5.71 kB/s  done
'5/3697/379C/video.xml' -> 's3://dummy-test/5/3697/379C/video.xml'  [5 of 8]
 1937 of 1937   100% in    0s     3.24 kB/s  done
'5/3697/37D7/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h34m04s+0000.jpg' -> 's3://dummy-test/5/3697/37D7/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h34m04s+0000.jpg'  [6 of 8]
 1568545 of 1568545   100% in   16s    90.58 kB/s  done
'5/3697/37D7/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h34m09s+0000.jpg' -> 's3://dummy-test/5/3697/37D7/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h34m09s+0000.jpg'  [7 of 8]
 1587839 of 1587839   100% in   17s    89.40 kB/s  done
'5/3697/37D7/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h35m09s+0000.jpg' -> 's3://dummy-test/5/3697/37D7/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h35m09s+0000.jpg'  [8 of 8]
 1591896 of 1591896   100% in   17s    89.53 kB/s  done
remote copy: '5/3697/379C/image.xml' -> '5/3697/37D7/image.xml'
remote copy: '5/3697/379C/video.xml' -> '5/3697/37D7/video.xml'
Done. Uploaded 8929776 bytes in 99.6 seconds, 87.59 kB/s. Copied 2 files saving 5129 bytes transfer.


$ s3cmd ls -r s3://dummy-test/5
2018-03-01 12:14   1362078   s3://dummy-test/5/3697/379C/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h34m04s+0000.jpg
2018-03-01 12:14   1412735   s3://dummy-test/5/3697/379C/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h34m09s+0000.jpg
2018-03-01 12:14   1401554   s3://dummy-test/5/3697/379C/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h35m09s+0000.jpg
2018-03-01 12:14      3192   s3://dummy-test/5/3697/379C/image.xml
2018-03-01 12:14      1937   s3://dummy-test/5/3697/379C/video.xml
2018-03-01 12:14   1568545   s3://dummy-test/5/3697/37D7/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h34m04s+0000.jpg
2018-03-01 12:15   1587839   s3://dummy-test/5/3697/37D7/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h34m09s+0000.jpg
2018-03-01 12:15   1591896   s3://dummy-test/5/3697/37D7/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h35m09s+0000.jpg
2018-03-01 12:15      3192   s3://dummy-test/5/3697/37D7/image.xml
2018-03-01 12:15      1937   s3://dummy-test/5/3697/37D7/video.xml

$ find 5 -type f
5/3697/379C/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h34m04s+0000.jpg
5/3697/379C/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h34m09s+0000.jpg
5/3697/379C/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h35m09s+0000.jpg
5/3697/379C/image.xml
5/3697/379C/video.xml
5/3697/37D7/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h34m04s+0000.jpg
5/3697/37D7/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h34m09s+0000.jpg
5/3697/37D7/2018-02-27/16/2018-02-27_16h35m09s+0000.jpg
5/3697/37D7/image.xml
5/3697/37D7/video.xml

[fviard]

I think that you have misunderstood the feature.
This option doesn't delete source files after upload but destination files that are not found anymore at the source.

The difference of this option compared to normal delete-removed is that files are deleted only once all files have been successfully uploaded instead of at the beginning before upload.

There is not "delete source files after upload" feature to avoid accidents.

[frallain]

OK thanks for explaining it, it was not that explicit in the usage page.