Adding --skip-bucket-validation argument

README.rst

@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ Options
                         output plus request/response output from httplib.
   --version             show program's version number and exit
   -h, --help            show the help message and exit
+  --skip-bucket-validation
+                        Sets validate=False when connecting to a bucket. Use
+                        this option if you only have permission to the
+                        sub-folder of a bucket (and not the entire bucket).
 
 
 Advanced Configuration Options

bin/boto-rsync

@@ -300,6 +300,10 @@ def main():
         '-h', '--help', action='help',
         help='show this help message and exit'
         )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--skip-bucket-validation', action='store_false', dest='validate_bucket',
+        help='Sets validate=False when connecting to a bucket.'
+        )
     parser.add_argument('SOURCE', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
     parser.add_argument('DESTINATION', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
 
@@ -329,6 +333,7 @@ def main():
         no_op = args.no_op
         quiet = args.quiet
         debug = args.debug
+        validate_bucket = args.validate_bucket
         source = args.SOURCE
         dest = args.DESTINATION
     except:
@@ -421,7 +426,7 @@ def main():
                                 aws_secret_access_key=cloud_secret_access_key,
                                 host=endpoint)
     c.debug = debug
-    b = c.get_bucket(cloud_bucket)
+    b = c.get_bucket(cloud_bucket, validate=validate_bucket)
     if xfer_type in ['sync']:
         b2 = c.get_bucket(cloud_dest_bucket)