Copying Files - Cisco IE-4000 Software Configuration Manual

Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images
Working with the Flash File System
Command
1. dir filesystem:
2. mkdir old_configs
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.
For filesystem, use flash: for the system board flash device. For file-url, enter the name of the directory to be deleted.
All the files in the directory and the directory are removed.
Caution: When files and directories are deleted, their contents cannot be recovered.

Copying Files

To copy a file from a source to a destination, use the copy source-url destination-url privileged EXEC command. For the
source and destination URLs, you can use running-config and startup-config keyword shortcuts. For example, the
copy running-config startup-config command saves the currently running configuration file to the NVRAM section of
flash memory to be used as the configuration during system initialization.
You can also copy from special file systems (xmodem:, ymodem:) as the source for the file from a network machine that
uses the Xmodem or Ymodem protocol.
Network file system URLs include ftp:, rcp:, and tftp: and have these syntaxes:
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FTP—ftp:[[//username [:password]@location]/directory]/filename
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RCP—rcp:[[//username@location]/directory]/filename
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TFTP—tftp:[[//location]/directory]/filename
Local writable file systems include flash:.
Some invalid combinations of source and destination exist. Specifically, you cannot copy these combinations:
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From a running configuration to a running configuration
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From a startup configuration to a startup configuration
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From a device to the same device (for example, the copy flash: flash: command is invalid)
Purpose
Displays the directories on the specified file system.
For filesystem:, use flash: for the system board flash device.
Creates 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.
Verifies your entry.
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