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Set a retention policy to prevent object deletion for a specified period

command

gcloud storage buckets update gs://BUCKET --retention-period SECONDS

also accepted

gcloud storage buckets updategcloud storage buckets update gs://BUCKET --retention-period

Command breakdown

Part of the Google Cloud CLI (gcloud) — Cloud Storage category.

gcloudstoragebucketsupdategs://BUCKET--retention-periodSECONDS

Flag	Purpose
`--retention-period`	Boolean flag

More Cloud Storage commands

Copy files or objects between your local filesystem and Cloud Storagegcloud storage cp LOCAL_PATH gs://BUCKET_NAME/OBJECT_PATH
List objects and prefixes inside a Cloud Storage bucketgcloud storage ls gs://BUCKET_NAME
Create a new Cloud Storage bucket in a specified locationgcloud storage buckets create gs://BUCKET_NAME --location LOCATION
Delete objects or buckets from Cloud Storagegcloud storage rm gs://BUCKET_NAME/OBJECT_PATH
List all Cloud Storage buckets in the current projectgcloud storage buckets list
Show detailed metadata and configuration for a specific Cloud Storage bucketgcloud storage buckets describe gs://BUCKET_NAME
Move or rename an object within Cloud Storagegcloud storage mv gs://BUCKET/SOURCE gs://BUCKET/DEST
Print the contents of a Cloud Storage object to stdoutgcloud storage cat gs://BUCKET/OBJECT

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