Changing Directories And Displaying The Working Directory - Cisco Catalyst 2975 Software Configuration Manual

Working with the Flash File System
Table B-2 Commands for Displaying Information About Files (continued)
Command
show file information file-url
show file descriptors

Changing Directories and Displaying the Working Directory

Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to change directories and display the working
directory.
Command
Step 1
dir filesystem:
Step 2
cd new_configs
Step 3 pwd
Creating and Removing Directories
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to create and remove a directory:
Command
Step 1
dir filesystem:
Step 2 mkdir old_configs
Step 3 dir filesystem:
To delete a directory with all its files and subdirectories, use the delete /force /recursive
filesystem:/file-url privileged EXEC command.
Use the /recursive keyword to delete the named directory and all subdirectories and the files contained
in it. Use the /force keyword to suppress the prompting that confirms a deletion of each file in the
directory. You are prompted only once at the beginning of this deletion process. Use the /force and
/recursive keywords for deleting old software images that were installed by using the archive
download-sw command but are no longer needed.
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Appendix B Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images
Description
Display information about a specific file.
Display a list of open file descriptors. File descriptors are the internal representations
of open files. You can use this command to see if another user has a file open.
Purpose
Display the directories on the specified file system.
For filesystem:, use flash: for the system board flash device.
Change to the directory of interest.
The command example shows how to change to the directory named
new_configs.
Display the working directory.
Purpose
Display the directories on the specified file system.
For filesystem:, use flash: for the system board flash device.
Create a new directory.
The command example shows how to create the directory named old_configs.
Directory names are case sensitive.
Directory names are limited to 45 characters between the slashes (/); the name
cannot contain control characters, spaces, deletes, slashes, quotes, semicolons,
or colons.
Verify your entry.
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