Displaying Directory Contents Including Subdirectories; Copying An Existing Directory - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6850-48 Management Manual

File and Directory Management

Displaying Directory Contents Including Subdirectories

The ls -r command displays the contents of your current directory in addition to recursively displaying all
subdirectories. The following example shows the result of the
directory contains a directory named newdir1. Be sure to include a space between
-> ls -r /flash/working
Listing Directory /flash/working:
drw 2048 Oct 14 17:14 ./
drw 2048 Oct 14 17:12 ../
drw 2048 Oct 14 17:14 newdir1/
-rw 2636 Oct 12 11:16 boot.cfg
-rw 123574 Oct 14 10:54 Kbase.img
-rw 123574 Oct 14 10:54 Ksecu.img
Listing Directory /flash/working/newdir:
drw 2048 Oct 14 17:14 ./
drw 2048 Oct 14 17:14 ../

Copying an Existing Directory

The cp -r command recursively copies directories, as well as any associated subdirectories and files.
Before using this command, you should make sure you have enough memory space in your target direc-
tory to hold the new material you are copying.
Note. Your login account must have write privileges to execute the
In this example, a copy of the working directory and all its contents will be created in the certified direc-
tory of an OmniSwitch. The destination directory must exist before the
->cp -r /flash/working flash/certified/working
Working Directory
(Files)
boot.cfg
Kbase.img
Ksecu.img
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Flash Directory
newdir1 Directory
boot.cfg
Kos.img
Krelease.img
Ksecu.img
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ls -r command where the /flash/working
cp -r command.
cp -r command will work.
Certified Directory
(Files)
Working Directory
(Files)
newdir1 Directory
boot.cfg
Kbase.img
Ksecu.img
Managing System Files
ls and -r.
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