azcopy copy with --force-if-read-only fails to overwrite local read-only files on Windows #3281
Description
Which version of the AzCopy was used?
10.31.0
Which platform are you using? (ex: Windows, Mac, Linux)
Windows
What command did you run?
azcopy.exe copy (blob_url) (local_path) --recursive --as-subdir=false --overwrite=true --force-if-read-only
What problem was encountered?
azcopy fails because it can't ovewrite a local read-only file.
How can we reproduce the problem in the simplest way?
Try to download files and overwrite at least 1 local file that is read-only.
Have you found a mitigation/solution?
Yes, setting the following environment variable which was not obvious to figure out:
AZCOPY_DOWNLOAD_TO_TEMP_PATH=false