[This topic is part of the Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library 1.7, which has been deprecated. See Storage Client Library for the latest version.]
Downloads the blob's contents to a file. Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll)
Downloads the blob's contents to a file. Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll)
Usage
| Visual Basic |
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Dim instance As CloudBlob Dim fileName As String instance.DownloadToFile(fileName) |
Syntax
| Visual Basic |
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Public Sub DownloadToFile ( _ fileName As String _ ) |
| C# |
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public void DownloadToFile ( string fileName ) |
| C++ |
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public: void DownloadToFile ( String^ fileName ) |
| J# |
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| JScript |
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Parameters
- fileName
Type: System.String
The path and file name of the target file.
Example
The following code example downloads a blob to a local file.
| C# | Copy Code |
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static void DownloadBlobToFile(Uri blobEndpoint, string accountName, string accountKey)
{
// Create service client for credentialed access to the Blob service.
CloudBlobClient blobClient =
new CloudBlobClient(blobEndpoint, new StorageCredentialsAccountAndKey(accountName, accountKey));
// Return a reference to the blob.
CloudBlob blob = blobClient.GetBlobReference("mycontainer/myblob.txt");
// Download the blob to a local file.
blob.DownloadToFile("c:\\mylocalblob.txt");
}
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Remarks
This method downloads a blob to a file in the local file system. If the file does not exist, it is created; if it does exist, it is overwritten.
 Warning |
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| If you download a blob to an existing file and the size of the blob is less than that size of the file, the file will not be completely overwritten and data corruption may occur. This is a known bug in the client library. It's recommended that you delete the existing file on disk before downloading the blob. |
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.