Chapter 7 Managing Firmware and Configurations

Working with the Flash File System

 

Command

Purpose

Step 1

 

 

dir filesystem:

Displays the directories on the specified file system.

 

 

For filesystem:, use flash: for the system board flash device.

Step 2

 

 

mkdir old_configs

Creates 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, semicolons,

 

 

or colons.

Step 3

 

 

dir filesystem:

Verifies your entry.

 

 

 

To delete a directory with all its files and subdirectories, use the delete /force /recursive filesystem:/file-urlprivileged EXEC command.

Use the /recursive keyword to delete the named directory and all subdirectories and the files contained in it. Use the /force keyword to suppress the prompting that confirms a deletion of each file in the directory. You are prompted only once at the beginning of this deletion process. Use the /force and /recursive keywords for deleting old software images that were installed by using the archive download-swcommand but are no longer needed.

For filesystem, use flash: for the system board flash device. For file-url, enter the name of the directory to be deleted. All the files in the directory and the directory are removed.

Caution When files and directories are deleted, their contents cannot be recovered.

Copying Files

To copy a file from a source to a destination, use the copy [/erase] source-urldestination-urlprivileged EXEC command. For the source and destination URLs, you can use running-configand startup-configkeyword shortcuts. For example, the copy running-configstartup-configcommand saves the currently running configuration file to the NVRAM section of flash memory to be used as the configuration during system initialization.

Network file system URLs include ftp:, rcp:, and tftp: and have the following syntax:

•File Transfer Protocol (FTP)—ftp:[[//username [:password]@location]/directory]/filename

•Remote Copy Protocol (RCP)—rcp:[[//username@location]/directory]/filename

•Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)—tftp:[[//location]/directory]/filename

Local writable file systems include flash:.

Some invalid combinations of source and destination exist. Specifically, you cannot copy these combinations:

•From a running configuration to a running configuration

•From a startup configuration to a startup configuration

•From a device to the same device (for example, the copy flash: flash: command is invalid)

Cisco 3200 Series Router Hardware Reference

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3200 specifications

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