os_directories.md

copyright	lastupdated
years 2014, 2017	2017-02-23

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Working with directories

Swift does not have a true directory structure, but uses naming to represent a directory layout. If you specify a directory name, it is attached to all file names as part of the relative path. {: shortdesc}

Adding a directory to a container with the Swift CLI

To add a directory to a container, you must have the directory structure in place on your local device.

1. Locally, create a directory and save your file.

2. Run the following command to upload a directory to your container.

   swift upload <container_name> <directory_name>
   

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Downloading a directory with the CLI

To download a directory structure, use the -prefix parameter to indicate the directory or directory structure that you want to download.

1. Run the following command to download a directory.

   swift download <container_name> --prefix <directory>
   

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