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IBM Heritage user manual Isfs ls flashfs ls, Isfs rm, Flashfs update

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Command Sets for Command Line Interface

3. isfs ls flashfs ls

Syntax:

isfs ls

flashfs ls [-l]

Description:

The ls command allows a console user to list the files present in the filesystem.

The FLASHFS ‘-l’ option displays more detailed information (logical address within FLASH and linked list information).

Example:

ls

4. isfs rm

Syntax:

isfs rm <file>

Description:

The rm command allows the user to remove a file from the ISFS file system. The memory used to store the file is freed .A subsequent FLASHFS update will write the new, shorter, ISFS files into FLASHFS, providing an implicit rm function for FLASHFS.

Note: If the file removed is the only file that would be stored in FLASHFS as type ‘fixed’, the file will remain in FLASHFS as the fixed file area will not be re-written during an update.

Example:

>isfs rm foo

5.flashfs update

Syntax:

flashfs update

Description:

The ‘update’ command instructs FLASHFS to update the FLASH memory from the files contained in the ISFS file system.

Example:

> flashfs update

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Heritage specifications

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