Cisco Systems 3750E manual Deleting Files, Creating, Displaying, and Extracting Files

Appendix B Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images

Working with the Flash File System

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)

For specific examples of using the copy command with configuration files, see the “Working with Configuration Files” section on page B-9.

To copy software images either by downloading a new version or by uploading the existing one, use the archive download-swor the archive upload-swprivileged EXEC command. For more information, see the “Working with Software Images” section on page B-20.

Deleting Files

When you no longer need a file on a flash memory device, you can permanently delete it. To delete a file or directory from a specified flash device, use the delete [/force] [/recursive] [filesystem:]/file-urlprivileged EXEC command.

Use the /recursive keyword for deleting a 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.

If you omit the filesystem: option, the switch uses the default device specified by the cd command. For file-url, you specify the path (directory) and the name of the file to be deleted.

When you attempt to delete any files, the system prompts you to confirm the deletion.

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

This example shows how to delete the file myconfig from the default flash memory device:

Switch# delete myconfig

Creating, Displaying, and Extracting Files

You can create a file and write files into it, list the files in a file, and extract the files from a file as described in the next sections.

Note Instead of using the copy privileged EXEC command or the archive privileged EXEC command, we recommend using the archive download-swand archive upload-swprivileged EXEC commands to download and upload software image files. For switch stacks, the archive download-swand archive upload-swprivileged EXEC commands can only be used through the stack master. Software images downloaded to the stack master are automatically downloaded to the rest of the stack members.

To upgrade a switch with an incompatible software image, use the archive copy-swprivileged EXEC command to copy the software image from an existing stack member to the incompatible switch. That switch automatically reloads and joins the stack as a fully functioning member.

Catalyst 3750-E and 3560-E Switch Software Configuration Guide

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