# Download files to a local path

Acquire / objectstore

A variant of [Fetch from cloud storage](https://meridian.online/operations/fetch-from-cloud-storage).

Copy remote files or objects to a local folder for later steps to read.

Page: <https://meridian.online/operations/fetch-from-cloud-storage/download-files-to-a-local-path>

## Status

Not built yet.

arcform does not do this yet. [Its place on the roadmap](https://meridian.online/roadmap#fetch-from-cloud-storage)

## What other tools call it

Meridian's classification; an independent blind rating agreed on 95.7% of 324 rows (variant, version 3).

- Alteryx Designer: [`Cloud file storage input connectors (family)`](https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/tools/designer-tools-list.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- EasyMorph: [`Amazon S3 command`](https://help.easymorph.com/doku.php?id=transformations:amazoncommand) (read 2026-09-27)
- EasyMorph: [`File transfer`](https://help.easymorph.com/doku.php?id=transformations:filetransfer) (read 2026-09-27)
- EasyMorph: [`Google Drive command`](https://help.easymorph.com/doku.php?id=transformations:googledrivecommand) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache Hop: [`Get a file with FTP`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/workflow/actions/ftp.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache Hop: [`Get a file with SFTP`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/workflow/actions/sftp.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache NiFi: [`Object and file store list and fetch processors (family)`](https://nifi.apache.org/components/) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Cloud storage Read operators (family)`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/index.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Read SFTP`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/extensions/Operator%20Toolbox/data_access/read_sftp.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Talend: [`File store get components (family)`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/About) (read 2026-09-27)
- Talend: [`tMongoDBGridFSGet`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/mongodb/mongodb-component) (read 2026-09-27)
- VisiData: [`s3-download-row`](https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/blob/7609212ec2febafa9caba7183cbebfaf49627909/visidata/loaders/s3.py#L333) (read 2026-09-23)
- VisiData: [`s3-download-rows`](https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/blob/7609212ec2febafa9caba7183cbebfaf49627909/visidata/loaders/s3.py#L321) (read 2026-09-23)