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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference—Release7.6
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Chapter2 Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands write
write
To upload the current configuration to the network or display the configuration information currently in
running memory, use the write command.
write network [all]
write terminal [all]
write {host file} [all] [rcp]
write memory
Syntax Description
Defaults This command has no default settings.
Command Types Switch command.
Command Modes Privileged.
Usage Guidelines The write terminal command is exactly the same as the show config command. The write host file
command is a shorthand version of the write network command.
You cannot use the write network command to upload software to the ATM module.
With the write network command, the file must already exist on the host (use the UNIX touch filename
command to create it).
Before you can enter the write memory command, you must enter text configuration mode. Enter text
configuration mode by entering the set config mode text command.
network Specifies interactive prompting for the IP address or IP alias of the h ost and th e
filename to upload.
all (Optional) Specifies default and nondefault configuration settings.
terminal Displays the nondefault configuration file on the terminal.
host IP address or IP alias of the host.
file Name of the configuration file.
rcp (Optional) Uploads a software image to a host using rcp.
memory Keyword that specifies to upload the current configuration to a specified
location.