Managing The File System; File Name Formats; Managing Files - HP 830 Series Configuration Manual

Managing the file system

This chapter describes how to manage the device's file system, including the storage media, directories,
and files.
Your device might have a Flash, a CF card, or both, depending on your device model. For more
information, see About the HP 830 Series PoE+ Unified Wired-WLAN Switch and HP 10500/7500 20G
Unified Wired-WLAN Module Configuration Guides.

File name formats

When you specify a file, enter the file name in one of the formats shown in
a directory, enter the directory in one of the formats that contains the path argument.
Table 18 File name formats
Format
file-name
path/file-name
drive:/[path]/file-
name

Managing files

CAUTION:
To avoid file system corruption, do not install or remove storage media or perform active/standby
switchover while the system is processing a file operation.
Description
Specifies a file in the current working
directory.
Specifies a file in a specific folder in the
current working directory.
The path argument represents the path to the
file. If the file is in a single-level folder, specify
the folder name for the argument. If the file is
in a nested folder, separate each folder name
by a forward slash (/).
Specifies a file in a specific storage medium
on the device.
The drive argument represents the storage
medium name, typically flash or cfa0.
If the device has only one storage medium,
you do not need to specify the storage
medium.
If the device has multiple storage media, you
must provide the storage medium name.
Length
1 to 91
characters
1 to 135
characters
1 to 135
characters
73
Table 18. When you specify
Example
a.cfg indicates a file
named a.cfg in the current
working directory.
test/a.cfg indicates a file
named a.cfg in the test
folder in the current
working directory.
cfa0:/test/a.cfg indicates
a file named a.cfg in the
test folder in the root
directory of the CF card.