Azure CloudBlockBlob StartCopy Method

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Begins an operation to start copying another block blob's contents, properties, and metadata to this block blob.

[Microsoft.Azure.Storage.DoesServiceRequest]
public virtual string StartCopy (Microsoft.Azure.Storage.Blob.CloudBlockBlob source,
 Microsoft.Azure.Storage.Blob.StandardBlobTier? standardBlockBlobTier = default, 
 Microsoft.Azure.Storage.Blob.RehydratePriority? rehydratePriority = default, 
 Microsoft.Azure.Storage.AccessCondition sourceAccessCondition = default,
 Microsoft.Azure.Storage.AccessCondition destAccessCondition = default, 
 Microsoft.Azure.Storage.Blob.BlobRequestOptions options = default, 
 Microsoft.Azure.Storage.OperationContext operationContext = default);

Parameters

source
CloudBlockBlob

CloudBlockBlob object.

standardBlockBlobTier
Nullable<StandardBlobTier>

StandardBlobTier representing the tier to set.

rehydratePriority
Nullable<RehydratePriority>

The priority with which to rehydrate an archived blob.

sourceAccessCondition
AccessCondition

An AccessCondition object that represents the access conditions for the source blob. If null, no condition is used.

destAccessCondition
AccessCondition

An AccessCondition object that represents the access conditions for the destination blob. If null, no condition is used.

options
BlobRequestOptions

BlobRequestOptions object that specifies additional options for the request. If null, default options are applied to the request.

operationContext
OperationContext

An OperationContext object that represents the context for the current operation.

Returns

String

The copy ID associated with the copy operation.

Attributes

Remarks

This method fetches the blob's ETag, last-modified time, and part of the copy state.

The copy ID and copy status fields are fetched, and the rest of the copy state is cleared.