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Working with the Cisco IOS File System,

Configuration Files, and Software Images

This appendix describes how to manipulate the Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet A ccess switch flash file system,
how to copy configuration files, and how to archive (upload and download) software images to a switch.
Note For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this chapter, see the switch
command reference for this release and the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command
Reference, Release 12.2.
This appendix consists of these sections:
•Working with the Flash File System, page B-1
•Working with Configuration Files, page B-8
•Working with Software Images, page B-18

Working with the Flash File System

The flash file system is a single flash device on which you can store files. It also provides several
commands to help you manage software image and configuration files. The default flash file system on
the switch is named flash:.
These sections contain this configuration information:
•Displaying Available File Systems, page B-2
•Setting the Default File System, page B-3
•Displaying Information about Files on a File System, page B-3
•Creating and Removing Directories, page B-4
•Copying Files, page B-4
•Deleting Files, page B-5
•Creating, Displaying, and Extracting tar Files, page B-5
•Displaying the Contents of a File, page B-7