@@ -581,6 +581,17 @@ def cmd_info(args):

             else:

                 raise

+def do_deletes(s3, dst_list):

+    # Delete items in destination that are not in source

+    if cfg.dry_run:

+        for key in dst_list:

+            output(u"delete: %s" % dst_list[key]['object_uri_str'])

+    else:

+        for key in dst_list:

+            uri = S3Uri(dst_list[key]['object_uri_str'])

+            s3.object_delete(uri)

+            output(u"deleted: '%s'" % uri)

+

 def cmd_sync_remote2remote(args):

     s3 = S3(Config())

@@ -621,15 +632,8 @@ def cmd_sync_remote2remote(args):

         return

     # Delete items in destination that are not in source

-    if cfg.delete_removed:

-        if cfg.dry_run:

-            for key in dst_list:

-                output(u"delete: %s" % dst_list[key]['object_uri_str'])

-        else:

-            for key in dst_list:

-                uri = S3Uri(dst_list[key]['object_uri_str'])

-                s3.object_delete(uri)

-                output(u"deleted: '%s'" % uri)

+    if cfg.delete_removed and not cfg.delete_after:

+        do_deletes(s3, dst_list)

     # Perform the synchronization of files

     timestamp_start = time.time()

@@ -655,6 +659,10 @@ def cmd_sync_remote2remote(args):

     else:

         info(outstr)

+    # Delete items in destination that are not in source

+    if cfg.delete_removed and cfg.delete_after:

+        do_deletes(s3, dst_list)

+

 def cmd_sync_remote2local(args):

     def _parse_attrs_header(attrs_header):

         attrs = {}

@@ -1499,6 +1507,7 @@ def main():

     optparser.add_option(      "--delete-removed", dest="delete_removed", action="store_true", help="Delete remote objects with no corresponding local file [sync]")

     optparser.add_option(      "--no-delete-removed", dest="delete_removed", action="store_false", help="Don't delete remote objects.")

+    optparser.add_option(      "--delete-after", dest="delete_after", action="store_true", help="Perform deletes after new uploads [sync]")

     optparser.add_option("-p", "--preserve", dest="preserve_attrs", action="store_true", help="Preserve filesystem attributes (mode, ownership, timestamps). Default for [sync] command.")

     optparser.add_option(      "--no-preserve", dest="preserve_attrs", action="store_false", help="Don't store FS attributes")

     optparser.add_option(      "--exclude", dest="exclude", action="append", metavar="GLOB", help="Filenames and paths matching GLOB will be excluded from sync")

@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ Delete remote objects with no corresponding local file

 \fB\-\-no\-delete\-removed\fR

 Don't delete remote objects.

 .TP

+\fB\-\-delete\-after\fR

+Perform deletes after new uploads [sync].

+.TP

 \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-preserve\fR

 Preserve filesystem attributes (mode, ownership,

 timestamps). Default for [sync] command.