Application Examples for File Management

Managing System Files

 

 

 

 

-> install Hsecu.img

renaming file temp.img -> /flash/working/Hrelease.img Installation of Hsecu.img was successful.

The features and services supported by the Hsecu.img image file are now available on the switch.

Creating a File Directory on the Switch

In this example, the user wants to store several test files on the switch for use at a later date. The user has loaded the files into the switch’s /flash/working directory using FTP. Rather than leaving the files in the working directory, the user may want to create a new directory. The following steps describe how to create a directory on the switch, how to transfer files into the directory, and how to list the files.

1Log onto the switch and use the mkdir command to create a new directory called “resources”.

-> mkdir resources ->

2Verify that the new directory was created by using the ls command. The “resources” directory is listed.

-> ls

Listing Directory /flash:

-rw

308

Aug 12 13:33

boot.params

drw

2048

Aug 14 10:45

certified/

drw

2048

Aug 15 16:24

working/

-rw

64000

Aug 15 16:19

swlog1.log

-rw

64000

Aug 15 14:05

swlog2.log

drw

2048

Sep 24

07:57

switch/

-rw

30

Aug 19

2023

policy.cfg

drw

2048

Aug 25

16:25

resources/

-rw

0

Sep 24

08:00

boot.cfg

3Use the ls command to list the contents of the /flash/working directory.

-> ls /flash/working

Listing Directory /flash/working:

drw

2048

Aug 5 17:03 ./

drw

2048

Aug 5

16:25 ../

-rw

880

Sep 31 13:05 boot.cfg

-rw

6

Aug 5

17:03 test1.txt

-rw

6

Aug 5

17:03 test2.txt

-rw

6

Aug 5

17:03 test3.txt

4Use the mv command to move the test files from /flash/working to /flash/resources.

-> mv test1.txt /flash/resources -> mv test2.txt /flash/resources -> mv test3.txt /flash/resources

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