---
title: "Retrieve Bucket Metadata"
slug: "retrieve-bucket-metadata-s3cmd"
updated: 2026-10-27T17:23:57Z
published: 2026-10-27T17:23:57Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/retrieve-bucket-metadata-s3cmd"
---

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# Retrieve Bucket Metadata

```plaintext
$ s3cmd [-c CONFIGFILE]-c info s3://BUCKET
```

| CONFIGFILE | The name of your VAST configuration file |
| --- | --- |
| BUCKET | The name of the bucket |

## Example

Retrieve the metadata of the bucket *bucket1*.

```plaintext
$ s3cmd -c vast.s3cfg info s3://bucket1
s3://bucket1/ (bucket):
   Location:  vast-1
   Payer:     none
   Expiration Rule: none
   Policy:    none
   CORS:      none
   ACL:       vastuser: FULL_CONTROL
```