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az storage file hard-link

Manage storage file hard-link.

Commands

Name Description Type Status
az storage file hard-link create

NFS only. Create a hard link to the file specified by path.

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NFS only. Create a hard link to the file specified by path.

az storage file hard-link create --path
                                 --share-name
                                 --target
                                 [--account-key]
                                 [--account-name]
                                 [--auth-mode {key, login}]
                                 [--backup-intent --enable-file-backup-request-intent]
                                 [--connection-string]
                                 [--file-endpoint]
                                 [--lease]
                                 [--sas-token]
                                 [--timeout]

Create a hard link to an NFS file specified by path.

az storage file hard-link create --account-name MyAccount --share-name share --path link_path --target original_path
--path -p

The path to the file within the file share.

--share-name -s

The file share name.

--target

Specifies the path of the target file to which the link will be created, up to 2 KiB in length. It should be the full path of the target starting from the root. The target file must be in the same share and the same storage account.

The following parameters are optional, but depending on the context, one or more might become required for the command to execute successfully.

--account-key

Storage account key. Must be used in conjunction with storage account name or service endpoint. Environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_KEY.

Property Value
Parameter group: Storage Account Arguments
--account-name

Storage account name. Related environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT. Must be used in conjunction with either storage account key or a SAS token. If neither are present, the command will try to query the storage account key using the authenticated Azure account. If a large number of storage commands are executed the API quota may be hit.

Property Value
Parameter group: Storage Account Arguments
--auth-mode

The mode in which to run the command. "login" mode will directly use your login credentials for the authentication. The legacy "key" mode will attempt to query for an account key if no authentication parameters for the account are provided. Environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_AUTH_MODE.

Property Value
Accepted values: key, login
--backup-intent --enable-file-backup-request-intent

Required parameter to use with OAuth (Azure AD) Authentication for Files. This will bypass any file/directory level permission checks and allow access, based on the allowed data actions, even if there are ACLs in place for those files/directories.

Property Value
Default value: False
--connection-string

Storage account connection string. Environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING.

Property Value
Parameter group: Storage Account Arguments
--file-endpoint

Storage data service endpoint. Must be used in conjunction with either storage account key or a SAS token. You can find each service primary endpoint with az storage account show. Environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_SERVICE_ENDPOINT.

Property Value
Parameter group: Storage Account Arguments
--lease

Lease id, required if the file has an active lease.

--sas-token

A Shared Access Signature (SAS). Must be used in conjunction with storage account name or service endpoint. Environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_SAS_TOKEN.

Property Value
Parameter group: Storage Account Arguments
--timeout

Request timeout in seconds. Applies to each call to the service.

Global Parameters
--debug

Increase logging verbosity to show all debug logs.

Property Value
Default value: False
--help -h

Show this help message and exit.

--only-show-errors

Only show errors, suppressing warnings.

Property Value
Default value: False
--output -o

Output format.

Property Value
Default value: json
Accepted values: json, jsonc, none, table, tsv, yaml, yamlc
--query

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

--subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

--verbose

Increase logging verbosity. Use --debug for full debug logs.

Property Value
Default value: False