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Appendix B Working with the IOS File System , Configura tion Files, an d Software Ima g es
Working w it h t he Flash File Syst em

Displaying Available File Systems

To display the availa ble file syst ems o n your swi tch , use the show file systems privileged EXEC
comm and as sh own in this exam ple:
Switch# show file systems
File Systems:
Size(b) Free(b) Type Flags Prefixes
* 16128000 11118592 flash rw flash:
16128000 11118592 unknown rw zflash:
32768 26363 nvram rw nvram:
- - network rw tftp:
- - opaque rw null:
- - opaque rw system:
- - opaque ro xmodem:
- - opaque ro ymodem:
- - network rw rcp:
- - network rw ftp:
Table B-1 show file systems Field Descriptions
Field Value
Size(b) Amount of memory in the file system in bytes.
Free(b) Amount of free memory in the file system in bytes.
Type Type of file syste m.
flashThe file system is for a Flash memory device.
nvramThe file system is for a nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) device.
opaqueThe file system is a locally generated pseudo file system (for example, the system) or a download
interface, such as brimux.
unknownThe file sy st em i s an un known t yp e.