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Bias Analysis

Detected Bias Types
windows_first
missing_linux_example
Summary
The documentation consistently uses Windows-style file paths (e.g., 'C:\myDirectory\myTextFile.txt') in all command examples and does not provide any Linux or macOS path examples. While there are repeated notes about quoting differences between shells, every single example uses Windows paths and backslashes, with no parity for Linux (e.g., '/home/user/myDirectory/myTextFile.txt'). This may confuse or alienate Linux/macOS users and gives the impression that Windows is the primary or only supported environment.
Recommendations
  • For every example using a Windows path, provide a corresponding Linux/macOS example using forward slashes and typical Unix-style paths (e.g., '/home/user/myDirectory/myTextFile.txt').
  • Where possible, alternate the order of examples so that Linux/macOS is shown first in some sections.
  • Add a dedicated section or callout at the top clarifying cross-platform support and showing a side-by-side comparison of path formats and quoting conventions for Windows (cmd.exe), PowerShell, Linux, and macOS.
  • Explicitly mention that AzCopy is fully supported on Linux and macOS, and link to installation instructions for those platforms.
  • In tables or checklists, include notes or columns for both Windows and Linux/macOS usage patterns.
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Scan History

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2026-01-14 00:00 #250 in_progress Biased Biased
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2026-01-06 18:15 #225 cancelled Clean Clean
2025-08-29 00:01 #95 completed Clean Clean
2025-08-19 00:01 #85 completed Clean Clean
2025-07-13 21:37 #48 completed Biased Biased
2025-07-12 23:44 #41 cancelled Biased Biased

Flagged Code Snippets

azcopy copy 'https://mysourceaccount.file.core.windows.net/mycontainer?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' 'https://mydestinationaccount.file.core.windows.net/mycontainer?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy sync 'C:\myDirectory' 'https://mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileShare?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' --recursive

azcopy sync 'https://mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileShare?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' 'C:\myDirectory' --recursive

azcopy copy 'C:\myDirectory' 'https://mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileshare/myFileShareDirectory?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bjqt&srs=sco&sp=rjklhjup&se=2019-05-10T04:37:48Z&st=2019-05-09T20:37:48Z&spr=https&sig=/SOVEFfsKDqRry4bk3qz1vAQFwY5DDzp2%2B/3Eykf/JLs%3D' --recursive --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'C:\myDirectory\*' 'https://mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileshare?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' --include-after '2020-08-19T15:04:00Z' --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'https://mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/myFileShare/myDirectory?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' 'C:\myDirectory'  --include-path 'photos;documents\myFile.txt' --recursive --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'https://mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileshare/myFileShareDirectory?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bjqt&srs=sco&sp=rjklhjup&se=2019-05-10T04:37:48Z&st=2019-05-09T20:37:48Z&spr=https&sig=/SOVEFfsKDqRry4bk3qz1vAQFwY5DDzp2%2B/3Eykf/JLs%3D&sharesnapshot=2020-09-23T08:21:07.0000000Z' 'C:\myDirectory'  --recursive --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'C:\myDirectory\myTextFile.txt' 'https://mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileshare/myTextFile.txt?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bjqt&srs=sco&sp=rjklhjup&se=2019-05-10T04:37:48Z&st=2019-05-09T20:37:48Z&spr=https&sig=/SOVEFfsKDqRry4bk3qz1vAQFwY5DDzp2%2B/3Eykf/JLs%3D' --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'C:\myDirectory' 'https://mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileshare?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bjqt&srs=sco&sp=rjklhjup&se=2019-05-10T04:37:48Z&st=2019-05-09T20:37:48Z&spr=https&sig=/SOVEFfsKDqRry4bk3qz1vAQFwY5DDzp2%2B/3Eykf/JLs%3D' --recursive --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'C:\myDirectory\*' 'https://mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileshare/myFileShareDirectory?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bjqt&srs=sco&sp=rjklhjup&se=2019-05-10T04:37:48Z&st=2019-05-09T20:37:48Z&spr=https&sig=/SOVEFfsKDqRry4bk3qz1vAQFwY5DDzp2%2B/3Eykf/JLs%3D' --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'C:\myDirectory' 'https://mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileshare?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' --include-path 'photos;documents\myFile.txt' --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'https://mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileshare/*?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' 'C:\myDirectory' --include-after '2020-08-19T15:04:00Z' --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'C:\myDirectory' 'https://mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileshare?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' --include-pattern 'myFile*.txt;*.pdf*' --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'https://mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileshare/myTextFile.txt?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bjqt&srs=sco&sp=rjklhjup&se=2019-05-10T04:37:48Z&st=2019-05-09T20:37:48Z&spr=https&sig=/SOVEFfsKDqRry4bk3qz1vAQFwY5DDzp2%2B/3Eykf/JLs%3D' 'C:\myDirectory\myTextFile.txt' --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'https://mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileshare/myFileShareDirectory?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bjqt&srs=sco&sp=rjklhjup&se=2019-05-10T04:37:48Z&st=2019-05-09T20:37:48Z&spr=https&sig=/SOVEFfsKDqRry4bk3qz1vAQFwY5DDzp2%2B/3Eykf/JLs%3D' 'C:\myDirectory'  --recursive --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'https://mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileshare/myFileShareDirectory/*?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bjqt&srs=sco&sp=rjklhjup&se=2019-05-10T04:37:48Z&st=2019-05-09T20:37:48Z&spr=https&sig=/SOVEFfsKDqRry4bk3qz1vAQFwY5DDzp2%2B/3Eykf/JLs%3D' 'C:\myDirectory' --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'https://mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileshare/myDirectory?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' 'C:\myDirectory'  --include-pattern 'myFile*.txt;*.pdf*' --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'https://mystorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileshare/myTextFile.txt?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bjqt&srs=sco&sp=rjklhjup&se=2019-05-10T04:37:48Z&st=2019-05-09T20:37:48Z&spr=https&sig=/SOVEFfsKDqRry4bk3qz1vAQFwY5DDzp2%2B/3Eykf/JLs%3D&sharesnapshot=2020-09-23T08:21:07.0000000Z' 'C:\myDirectory\myTextFile.txt' --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'https://mysourceaccount.file.core.windows.net/mycontainer/myTextFile.txt?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D&sharesnapshot=2020-09-23T08:21:07.0000000Z' 'https://mydestinationaccount.file.core.windows.net/mycontainer/myTextFile.txt?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'https://mysourceaccount.file.core.windows.net/mycontainer?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D&sharesnapshot=2020-09-23T08:21:07.0000000Z' 'https://mydestinationaccount.file.core.windows.net/mycontainer?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' --recursive --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'https://mysourceaccount.file.core.windows.net?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' 'https://mydestinationaccount.file.core.windows.net?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' --recursive --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy copy 'https://mysourceaccount.file.core.windows.net?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D&sharesnapshot=2020-09-23T08:21:07.0000000Z' 'https://mydestinationaccount.file.core.windows.net?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' --recursive --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy sync 'https://mysourceaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileShare?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' 'https://mydestinationaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileshare?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' --recursive --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy sync 'https://mysourceaccount.file.core.windows.net/myFileShare/myDirectory?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' 'https://mydestinationaccount.file.core.windows.net/myFileShare/myDirectory?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' --recursive --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

azcopy sync 'https://mysourceaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileShare?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D&sharesnapshot=2020-03-03T20%3A24%3A13.0000000Z' 'https://mydestinationaccount.file.core.windows.net/myfileshare?sv=2018-03-28&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacup&se=2019-07-04T05:30:08Z&st=2019-07-03T21:30:08Z&spr=https&sig=CAfhgnc9gdGktvB=ska7bAiqIddM845yiyFwdMH481QA8%3D' --recursive --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true