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Update storage-ref-azcopy-copy.md to clarify --dry-run functionality
'dry-run' functionality does not work as expected since it ignores '--overwrite=false'. This change makes sure users are aware of this limitation. For further details see Azure/azure-storage-azcopy#1904
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articles/storage/common/storage-ref-azcopy-copy.md

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`--disable-auto-decoding` False by default to enable automatic decoding of illegal chars on Windows. Can be set to true to disable automatic decoding.
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`--dry-run` Prints the file paths that would be copied by this command. This flag doesn't copy the actual files.
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`--dry-run` Prints the file paths that would be copied by this command. This flag doesn't copy the actual files. Does not currently honor '--overwrite' flag and when using '--overwrite=false' will list files in the source directory whether or not they exist in the destination directory.
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`--exclude-attributes` (string) (Windows only) Exclude files whose attributes match the attribute list. For example: A;S;R
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