[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Copy, modify, and move storage objects\n\nThis page shows you how to copy, modify, and move objects within\nGoogle Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped appliance storage buckets.\n\nBefore you begin\n----------------\n\nA project namespace manages bucket resources in the Management API server. You\nmust have a [project](/distributed-cloud/hosted/docs/latest/appliance/platform/pa-user/create-a-project) to work\nwith buckets and objects.\n\nYou must also have the appropriate bucket permissions to perform the following\noperation. See [Grant bucket access](/distributed-cloud/hosted/docs/latest/appliance/platform/pa-user/grant-obtain-storage-access#grant_bucket_access).\n\nCopy, modify, and move objects\n------------------------------\n\nCopy an object: \n\n gdcloud storage cp \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eFILE\u003c/var\u003e [\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eFILE\u003c/var\u003e...] s3://\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eBUCKET\u003c/var\u003e [/\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003ePREFIX\u003c/var\u003e ]\n\nModify an object's metadata: \n\n gdcloud storage objects update s3://\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eBUCKET1\u003c/var\u003e/\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eOBJECT\u003c/var\u003e --custom-metadata=Key1=Value1"]]
