How to download entire directory from azure file share

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Not able to download entire directory from azure file share in python

I have used all basic stuffs available in google

share = ShareClient.from_connection_string(connection_string, "filshare")
my_file = share.get_file_client("dir1/sub_idr1")
# print(dir(my_file))
stream_1 = my_file.download_file()

Asked By: Shreedhar Hegde

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I tried in my environment and got below results:

Initially I tried with python,

Unfortunately, ShareServiceClient Class which Interacts with A client to interact with the File Share Service at the account level. does not yet support Download operation in the Azure Python SDK.
ShareClient Class which only interacts with specific file Share in the account does not support Download Directory or file share option Python SDK..
But there’s one class ShareFileClient Class which supports downloading of individual files inside a directory but not entire directory, you can use this class to download the files from directory with Python SDK.

Also you check Azure Portal > Select your Storage account > File Share and Directory > There’s no option in Portal too to download the directory, but there’s an option to download specific file.

As workaround, if you need to download directory from file-share, you can use Az copy tool command to download the directory in your local machine.

I tried to download the Directory with Az-copy command and was able to download to it successfully!

Command:

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=/SOVEFfsKDqRry4bk3xxxxxxxx' 'C:myDirectory' --recursive --preserve-smb-permissions=true --preserve-smb-info=true

Console:

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Local environment:
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Answered By: Venkatesan

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