Adls

ADLS

Use datus adls for Azure Blob and ADLS Gen2 data.

datus adls [--profile <env>] <command> [args...]

Use abfss://filesystem/path URIs (abfs:// and adls:// are also parsed). A bare path uses the profile's default container. A trailing / marks a directory/prefix and determines that directory clients are used for recursive delete and ACL operations. Commands with -o accept table|json|yaml|plain.

Command catalogue

Browse and read:

datus adls ls [uri] [-r|--recursive] [--limit N] [-o json]
datus adls stat <uri> [-o json]
datus adls cat <uri> [--max-bytes N]
datus adls head <uri> [-n|--lines N] [--bytes N]
datus adls filesystems list [-o json]
datus adls acl get <uri> [-o json]

ls without a URI lists filesystems. cat writes decoded text; head downloads at most 65536 bytes and prints 10 lines by default. Use stat and acl get before changes.

Move and publish data:

datus adls cp <src> <dst> [-r|--recursive]
datus adls sync <local-dir> <abfss://filesystem/prefix/>
datus adls mv <src> <dst> [-r|--recursive]
datus adls rm <uri> [-r|--recursive] [-y|--yes]

• cp supports local-to-ADLS, ADLS-to-local, and ADLS-to-ADLS; at least one side must be an ADLS URI. Upload/copy overwrites destination files.
• sync uploads local files whose remote size differs. It does not download, delete remote-only paths, or compare checksums.
• mv copies and then deletes the source. Treat it as destructive.
• rm prompts; non-interactive callers must pass -y. With -r, it deletes the directory named by the path. Confirm the trailing slash/path semantics and run ls -r before deletion.

SAS and ACL changes:

datus adls sas <uri> [--permissions r] [--expires 3600]
datus adls acl set <uri> --acl '<acl-spec>' [-y|--yes]

SAS output is a credential until expiry; permissions containing writes or deletes materially increase risk. Never expose the URL in logs or chat. SAS uses the configured account key or a user-delegation key; it requires the Blob SDK and appropriate delegation permission.

acl set replaces the complete ACL rather than merging an entry. Run acl get, preserve required owner/group/mask entries, and review before confirming. ACLs and real directories require a hierarchical-namespace (HNS) account. Blob-only accounts may support object data operations but not ADLS directory/ACL semantics.

Permission posture and workflow

Reads are allowed directly. In normal mode, cp, sync, mv, rm, sas, and acl set require approval. Auto mode permits data writes/moves but still asks for deletion, SAS generation, and ACL replacement.

datus adls --profile prod sync ./artifacts/ abfss://builds/app/v1.4.0/
datus adls --profile prod ls abfss://builds/app/v1.4.0/ -r -o json
datus adls --profile prod stat abfss://builds/app/v1.4.0/app.tar.gz -o json

Azure RBAC grants data-plane access; on HNS accounts, POSIX-like ACL traversal and access can additionally restrict paths. Account keys and SAS bypass or change parts of that authorization model, so prefer Entra identities.

Exit codes

0 success · 1 runtime/API error · 2 usage/cancelled confirmation · 3 config error · 8 missing dependency · 130 interrupted.