Delete files from CompactFlash memory

March 2002

File and Directory Procedures

The following example shows output for copying a configuration file to the running configuration in an internal CompactFlash memory card (flash:):

Router# copy flash:my-config2 running-config

Destination filename [running-config]? 709 bytes copied in 0.72 secs

Display the contents of a CompactFlash memory card

To display the contents (directories and files) of a CompactFlash memory card formatted with a Class B Flash file system, enter the dir {flash: slot0:} command or the show {flash: slot0:} command.

The following example shows output for displaying the contents of an internal CompactFlash memory card using the dir flash: command:

Router# dir flash:

Directory of flash:/

1	-rw-	5190020	<no date>		c3631-i-mz
2	-rw-	6458584	<no	date>	c3725-i-mz
3	-rw-	16535740	<no	date>	c3631-telcoent-mz

128450560 bytes total (100266024 bytes free)

The following example shows output for displaying the contents of an external CompactFlash memory card using the show slot0: command:

Router# show slot0:

System CompactFlash directory:

File Length Name/status

15190020 c3631-i-mz

26458584 c3725-i-mz

316535740 c3631-telcoent-mz

[28184536 bytes used, 100266024 available, 128450560 total]

125440K bytes of ATA System CompactFlash (Read/Write)

To delete a file from CompactFlash memory, enter the delete {flash: slot0:} command, followed by

the squeeze {flash: slot0:} command.

When a file is deleted in the Class B Flash file system, the memory space occupied by the deleted file is not released until you enter the squeeze {flash: slot0:} command. Although the memory space once occupied by the deleted file remains, the deleted file cannot be recovered. To release the memory space occupied by a deleted file, enter the squeeze {flash: slot0:} command.

Note The dir {flash: slot0:} command does not show deleted files; the show {flash: slot0:} command shows all files, including any deleted files if the squeeze {flash: slot0:} command has not been entered.

The following example shows output for deleting a Cisco IOS file from an external CompactFlash memory card, and then releasing the memory space originally occupied by the file:

Router# dir slot0:

Directory of slot0:/

1			-rw-	6458208	<no	date>	c3725-i-mz.tmp
2			-rw-	6458208	<no	date>	c3725-i-mz
		Installing and Formatting Cisco 2691, Cisco 3631 and Cisco 3700 CompactFlash Memory Cards


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