@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ def cmd_bucket_delete(args):

         except S3Error, e:

             if e.info['Code'] == 'BucketNotEmpty' and (cfg.force or cfg.recursive):

                 warning(u"Bucket is not empty. Removing all the objects from it first. This may take some time...")

-                success = subcmd_batch_del(uri.uri())

+                success = subcmd_batch_del(uri_str = uri.uri())

                 if success:

                     return _bucket_delete_one(uri)

                 else:

@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ def cmd_object_del(args):

         if not recursive:

             subcmd_object_del_uri(uri_str)

         else:

-            subcmd_batch_del(uri_str)

+            subcmd_batch_del(uri_str = uri_str)

 def subcmd_batch_del(uri_str = None, bucket = None, remote_list = None):

     s3 = S3(cfg)

@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ def cmd_sync_local2remote(args):

             warning(u"delete: cowardly refusing to delete because no source files were found.  Use --force to override.")

             cfg.delete_removed = False

-        if cfg.delete_removed and not cfg.delete_after:

+        if cfg.delete_removed and not cfg.delete_after and remote_list:

             subcmd_batch_del(remote_list = remote_list)

         total_size = 0

@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ def cmd_sync_local2remote(args):

         _set_remote_uri(failed_copy_files, destination_base, single_file_local)

         n, total_size = _upload(failed_copy_files, n, failed_copy_count, total_size)

-        if cfg.delete_removed and cfg.delete_after:

+        if cfg.delete_removed and cfg.delete_after and remote_list:

             subcmd_batch_del(remote_list = remote_list)

         total_elapsed = time.time() - timestamp_start

         total_speed = total_elapsed and total_size/total_elapsed or 0.0