Dell 5324 manual Understanding Invalid Combinations of Source and Destination, 110

om	Keyword	Source or destination
l l . c
	flash	Source or destination URL for Flash memory. It’s the default in case a
d e		URL is specified without a prefix
o r t .
	running-config	Represents the current running configuration file.
u p p
	startup-config	Represents the startup configuration file.
s
	backup-config	Represents the backup configuration file.
c o m
	image	If source file, represent the active image file. If destination file, represent
l l .		the non-active image file.
. d e
	boot	Boot file.
w w
	tftp:	Source or destination URL for a TFTP network server. The syntax for
w
		this alias is tftp://host/[directory]/filename. The host can be either IP
		address or hostname.
	xmodem:	Source for the file from a serial connection that uses the Xmodem proto-
		col.
	null:	Null destination for copies or files. A remote file can be copied to null to
		determine its size.

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

Privileged EXEC mode

User Guidelines

•The location of a file system dictates the format of the source or destination URL.

•The entire copying process may take several minutes and differs from protocol to protocol and from network to network.

Understanding Invalid Combinations of Source and Destination

Some invalid combinations of source and destination exist. Specifically, the following cannot be copied:

•If the source file and destination file are the same file.

•xmodem cannot be a destination. Can only be copied to image, boot and null.

•tftp cannot be the source and destination on the same copy.

•Active Image is the image the system currently boots from (see "show bootvar" command) or set to boot next from. Non active image is the spare image location.

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Configuration and Image Files