Cisco Systems 2950 Changing Directories and Displaying the Working Directory, Creating and Removing Directories

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AppendixB Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images
Working with the Flash File System
To display information about files on a file system, use one of the privileged EXEC commands in
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Changing Directories and Displaying the Working Directory
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to change directories and di spla y t he wor king
directory.
Creating and Removing Directories
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to create and re move a d ire ctor y:
To delete a directory with all its files and subdirectories, use the delete /force /recursive
filesystem:/file-url privileged EXEC command.
TableB-2 Commands for Displaying Information About Files
Command Description
dir [/all] [filesystem:][filename] Display a list of files on a file system.
show file systems Display more information about each of the files on a file system.
show file information file-url Display information about a specific file.
show file descriptors Display a list of open file descriptors. File descriptors are the internal representations
of open files. You can use this command to see if another user has a file open.
Command Purpose
Step1 dir filesystem:Display the directories on the specified file system.
For filesystem:, use flash: for the system board flash device.
Step2 cd new_configs Change to the directory of interest.
The command example shows how to change to the directory named
new_configs.
Step3 pwd Display the working directory.
Command Purpose
Step1 dir filesystem:Display the directories on the specified file system.
For filesystem:, use flash: for the system board flash device.
Step2 mkdir old_configs Create a new directory.
The command example shows how to create the directory named old_configs.
Directory names are case sensitive.
Directory names are limited to 45 characters between the slashes (/); the name
cannot contain control characters, spaces, deletes, slashes, quotes , se micolons,
or colons.
Step3 dir filesystem:Verify your entry.