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ec2-describe-snapshot-attribute

From Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud: 2009-08-15

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ec2-describe-snapshot-attribute

Description

Returns information about an attribute of a snapshot. Only one attribute can be specified per call.

Syntax

ec2-describe-snapshot-attribute snapshot_id -c

Options

Name Description Required

snapshot_id

The ID of the Amazon EBS snapshot.

Type: String

Default: None

Example: snap-78a54011

No

-c

Describes the create volume permissions of the snapshot.

Type: String

Default: None

Example:

Yes

Output

The command returns a table that contains the following information:

  • Attribute type identifier

  • ID of the snapshot

  • Attribute value type or attribute list item value type

  • Attribute or attribute list item value

Amazon EC2 displays errors on stderr.

Examples

Example Request

This example describes permissions for the snap-78a54011 snapshot.

PROMPT> ec2-describe-snapshot-attribute snap-7ddb6e14 -c
createVolumePermission  snap-7ddb6e14   userId  123456789012

ec2-modify-snapshot-attribute

  • ec2-describe-snapshots

  • ec2-reset-snapshot-attribute

  • ec2-create-snapshot

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