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Storage Use Azcopy Files
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This page is part of the Azure documentation. It contains code examples and configuration instructions for working with Azure services.
Bias Analysis
Bias Types:
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windows_first
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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
| Date | Scan ID | Status | Bias Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-29 00:01 | #95 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-08-19 00:01 | #85 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-07-13 21:37 | #48 | completed | ❌ Biased |
| 2025-07-12 23:44 | #41 | in_progress | ❌ 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\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
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