File and Directory Management

Managing System Files

 

 

 

 

To list all files and directories in your current directory, use the ls command. Here is a sample display of the flash directory.

-> ls

Listing Directory /flash:

drw

512

Oct 25

14:39 certified/

drw

512

Jul 15

14:59 NETWORK/

drw

512

Oct 25

14:17 WORKING/

-rw

321

Oct 25

14:39 boot.params

-rw

163258

Oct

2

11:04 cs_system.pmd

-rw

11

Jul 30

14:09 boot.slot.cfg

-rw

693

Oct

9

11:55 boot.cfg.1.err

-rw

0

Oct 28

11:14 swlog1.log

-rw

64000

Oct 28

15:51 swlog2.log

9467904 bytes free

The following information describes the screen displayed by the ls command.

•The first column consists of three text characters. The first character indicates whether the row entry is a file (-) or a directory (d). The second and third characters indicate the user’s read/write permissions.

drw

512

Oct

25

14:17

WORKING/

-rw

321

Oct

25

14:39

boot.params

Here, the first entry shows a directory (d) for which the user has read and write (rw) permissions. The second entry shows a file (-) for which the user has read and write (rw) permissions.

•The second column indicates the number of bytes of flash memory the row entry occupies.

drw

512

Oct

25

14:17

WORKING/

-rw

321

Oct

25

14:39

boot.params

Here, the first entry shows that the directory uses 512 bytes of flash memory. The second entry shows that the file occupies 321 bytes of flash memory.

•The third, fourth and fifth columns show the date and time the row entry was created or copied into the flash directory.

drw

512

Oct

25

14:17

WORKING/

-rw

321

Oct

25

14:39

boot.params

Here, the first entry indicates the file was created or copied on April 22 at 05:23 hours. The second entry indicates that the directory was created or copied on April 19 at 06:12 hours.

•The column on the right lists the file or directory name. Note that directory names end with a slash (/) character.

drw

512

Oct

25

14:17

WORKING/

-rw

321

Oct

25

14:39

boot.params

Here, the first entry shows a directory named WORKING, the second entry shows a file named boot.params.

The value shown at the bottom of the display indicates the amount of flash memory remaining for use in this directory (9.47 megabytes in the above example).

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