AzCopy throwing "panic error" when using "--include-before" option for remove files

[johndoua]

Which version of the AzCopy was used?

10.18.1

Which platform are you using? (ex: Windows, Mac, Linux)

Windows x64

What command did you run?

azcopy.exe remove "https:/somestorageaccount.file.core.windows.net/storage/MyFolder" --include-before 2023-04-26T19:10:00

What problem was encountered?

INFO: Any empty folders will not be processed, because --recursive was not specified
panic: cannot use IncludeBeforeDateFilter on an object for which no Last Modified Time has been retrieved

goroutine 1 [running]:
github.com/Azure/azure-storage-azcopy/v10/cmd.(*IncludeBeforeDateFilter).DoesPass(, {{0x0, 0x0}, 0x1, {0x0, 0x0, 0x0}, {0x0, 0x0, 0x0}, ...})
/home/vsts/work/1/s/cmd/zc_filter.go:345 +0xc5
github.com/Azure/azure-storage-azcopy/v10/cmd.passedFilters({, _, }, {{0x0, 0x0}, 0x1, {0x0, 0x0, 0x0}, {0x0, ...}, ...})
/home/vsts/work/1/s/cmd/zc_enumerator.go:747 +0x11d
github.com/Azure/azure-storage-azcopy/v10/cmd.processIfPassedFilters({, _, _}, {{0x0, 0x0}, 0x1, {0x0, 0x0, 0x0}, {0x0, ...}, ...}, ...)
/home/vsts/work/1/s/cmd/zc_enumerator.go:770 +0x5c
github.com/Azure/azure-storage-azcopy/v10/cmd.(*fileTraverser).Traverse.func2({{0x0, 0x0}, 0x1, {0x0, 0x0, 0x0}, {0x0, 0x0, 0x0}, 0x0, ...})
/home/vsts/work/1/s/cmd/zc_traverser_file.go:165 +0xbb
github.com/Azure/azure-storage-azcopy/v10/cmd.(*fileTraverser).Traverse(0xc000355500, 0x0, 0xc000413540, {0xc0004134f0, 0x1, 0x1})
/home/vsts/work/1/s/cmd/zc_traverser_file.go:181 +0x6c3
github.com/Azure/azure-storage-azcopy/v10/cmd.(*CopyEnumerator).enumerate(0xc000355540)
/home/vsts/work/1/s/cmd/zc_enumerator.go:719 +0x42
github.com/Azure/azure-storage-azcopy/v10/cmd.(*CookedCopyCmdArgs).processCopyJobPartOrders(0xc000063400)
/home/vsts/work/1/s/cmd/copy.go:1580 +0xae5
github.com/Azure/azure-storage-azcopy/v10/cmd.(*CookedCopyCmdArgs).process(0xc000063400)
/home/vsts/work/1/s/cmd/copy.go:1276 +0x86
github.com/Azure/azure-storage-azcopy/v10/cmd.init.17.func2(0xc00021f900?, {0xc00035f740?, 0x1?, 0x3?})
/home/vsts/work/1/s/cmd/remove.go:90 +0x21a
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute(0xc00021f900, {0xc00035f6e0, 0x3, 0x3})
/home/vsts/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/[email protected]/command.go:860 +0x663
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).ExecuteC(0x20bb1c0)
/home/vsts/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/[email protected]/command.go:974 +0x3bd
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute(...)
/home/vsts/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/[email protected]/command.go:902
github.com/Azure/azure-storage-azcopy/v10/cmd.Execute({0xc000034ca0?, 0xc000064110?}, {0xc000030780?, 0x184099a?}, 0x74?, {0x6d3d3586, 0xac7b, 0x2946, {0x64, 0x97, ...}})
/home/vsts/work/1/s/cmd/root.go:192 +0x106
main.main()
/home/vsts/work/1/s/main.go:87 +0x4eb

How can we reproduce the problem in the simplest way?

Perform an AzCopy remove operation with the parameter "--include-before" (for Azure files)

Have you found a mitigation/solution?

Use AzCopy remove with "--include-before" for Azure blob. It works perfectly

[gapra-msft]

Hi this issue was resolved in the latest AzCopy release.