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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI
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Managing Software and Configurations
This chapter describes how to manage the ASA software and configurations and includes the following
sections:
Managing the Flash File System, page81-1
Downloading Software or Configuration Files to Flash Memory, page81-2
Configuring the Application Image and ASDM Image to Boot, page81-4
Configuring the File to Boot as the Startup Configuration, page81-5
Deleting Files from a USB Drive on the ASA 5500-X Series, page81-5
Performing Zero Downtime Upgrades for Failover Pairs, page81-6
Backing Up Configuration Files or Other Files, page 81-8
Configuring Auto Update Support, page81-16
Downgrading Your Software, page81-19

Managing the Flash File System

This section includes the following topics:
Viewing Files in Flash Memory, page81-1
Deleting Files from Flash Memory, page81-2

Viewing Files in Flash Memory

You can view files in flash memory and see information about files as follows:
To view files in flash memory, enter the following command:
hostname# dir [disk0: | disk1:]
Enter disk0: for the internal flash memory. The disk1: keyword represents the external flash
memory. The internal flash memory is the default.
For example:
hostname# dir
Directory of disk0:/
500 -rw- 4958208 22:56:20 Nov 29 2004 cdisk.bin