Chapter43 File Menu Commands
File Management
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Cisco Router and Security Device Manager 2.5 User’s Guide
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Format Button
Click the Format button to reformat your Cisco router flash memory or to
reformat a USB flash device connected to that router. The Format button is
enabled only if an icon representing your Cisco router flash memory or a USB
flash device is chosen in the left side of the window.
Caution Reformatting your Cisco router flash memory or a USB flash device co nnected to
that router will erase all of the files in the file system.
New Folder Button
Click the New Folder button to create a new directory in the directory that is
chosen in the left side of the window. Folder names cannot contain spaces or
question marks (“?”).
Load File From PC Button
Click the Load File From PC button to open a file-selection window on the local
PC. Choose a file to save to the chosen directory on your Cisco router flash
memory or on a USB flash device connected to that router. Cisco SDM files and
files with names containing spaces cannot be loaded using Load File From PC.
Cisco SDM files, such as Cisco SDM.tar, can not be loaded using Load File From
PC. Cisco SDM files should be loaded using Tools > Update SDM.
If you use Load File From PC to load a boot image file, it can not be saved to the
current boot image file directory.
Copy Button
Choose a file from the right side of the window and click the Copy button to copy
the file.
Paste Button
After you click the Copy button to copy a file, click the Paste button to place the
copy of the file in a different directory. Choose a target directory from the left side
of the window. You cannot place a copy of the file in the same directory as the
original file.