Appendix; Working With The Cisco Ios File System, Configuration Files, And Software Images; Working With The Flash File System - Cisco 2950 - Catalyst Switch Configuration Manual

Working with the Cisco IOS File System,
Configuration Files, and Software Images
This appendix describes how to manipulate the Catalyst 2950 or 2955 flash file system, how to copy
configuration files, and how to archive (upload and download) software images.
Note For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this chapter, refer to the command
reference for this release and the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference for
Release 12.1.
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Working with the Flash File System

The flash file system on your switch provides several commands to help you manage software image and
configuration files.
The flash file system is a single flash device on which you can store files. This flash device is called
flash:.
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Working with the Flash File System, page B-1
Working with Configuration Files, page B-8
Working with Software Images, page B-19
Displaying Available File Systems, page B-2
Setting the Default File System, page B-3
Displaying Information about Files on a File System, page B-3
Creating and Removing Directories, page B-4
Copying Files, page B-5
Deleting Files, page B-5
Creating, Displaying, and Extracting tar Files, page B-6
Displaying the Contents of a File, page B-8
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