Managing System Files

File and Directory Management

 

 

 

 

To verify the creation of the new directory, use the ls -rcommand to produce a list of the contents of the certified directory. This list will include the files that were originally in the certified directory plus the newly created copy of the working directory and all its contents.

->ls -r /flash/certified

Listing Directory /flash/certified

drw

2048

Oct 12

16:22 ./

drw

2048

Oct 15

10:16 ../

-rw

4347

Oct 2

12:25 boot.cfg

-rw

683217

Oct 25

14:20 Hl2eth.img

-rw

844217

Oct 25

14:21 Hos.img

-rw

4658

Oct 25

14:21 Hrelease.img

-rw

193819

Oct 25

14:21 Hwebsecu.im

Listing Directory /flash/certified/working

drw

2048

Oct 14

17:14 ./

drw

2048

Oct 14

17:12 ../

drw

2048

Oct 14

17:14 newdir1/

-rw

4347

Oct 2

12:25 boot.cfg

-rw

1041935

Oct 25

14:17 Hweb.img

-rw

142830

Oct 25

14:17 Hsecu.img

-rw

2743945

Oct 25

14:16 Hbase.img

-rw

844217

Oct 25

14:17 Hos.img

Listing Directory /flash/certified/working/newdir:

drw

2048

Oct

14

17:14

./

drw

2048

Oct

14

17:14

../

Removing a Directory and its Contents

The rmdir command removes the specified directory and all its contents. If the following command is issued from the flash directory, shown in the drawing on page 2-8, the working directory would be removed from the certified directory.

->rm -r /flash/certified/working

Note. Your login account must have write privileges to execute the rmdir command.

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