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-#!/bin/bash
-# about the file
-file_to_upload=$1
-bucket=$2
-filepath="/${bucket}/${file_to_upload}"
-
-# metadata
-contentType="application/x-compressed-tar"
-dateValue=`date -R`
-signature_string="PUT\n\n${contentType}\n${dateValue}\n${filepath}"
-
-#s3 keys
-s3_access_key=$3
-s3_secret_key=$4
-
-#prepare signature hash to be sent in Authorization header
-signature_hash=`echo -en ${signature_string} | openssl sha1 -hmac ${s3_secret_key} -binary | base64`
-
-# actual curl command to do PUT operation on s3
-curl -X PUT -T "${file_to_upload}" \
-  -H "Host: object.cscs.ch:443/${bucket}" \
-  -H "Date: ${dateValue}" \
-  -H "Content-Type: ${contentType}" \
-  -H "Authorization: AWS ${s3_access_key}:${signature_hash}" \
-  https://object.cscs.ch/${bucket}/${file_to_upload}