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Catalyst 2350 Switch Command Reference
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Chapter 2 Catalyst 2350 Switch Cisco IOS Commands
archive tar
archive tar
Use the
archive tar
privileged EXEC command to create a tar file, list files in a tar file, or extract the
files from a tar file.
archive tar
{
/create
destination-url
flash:/
file-url
} | {
/table
source-url
} | {
/xtract
source-url
flash:/
file-url
[
dir/file
...]}
Syntax Description
/create
destination-url
flash:/
file-url
Create a new tar file on the local or network file system.
For
destination-url,
specify
t
he destination URL alias for the local or
network file system and the name of the tar file to create. These options
are supported:
•
The syntax for the local flash filesystem:
flash:
•
The syntax for the FTP:
ftp:
[[
//
username
[
:
password
]
@
location
]/
directory
]
/
tar-filename
.tar
•
The syntax for an HTTP server:
http://
[[
username
:
password
]@]{
hostname |
host-ip
}[/
directory
]
/
image-name
.tar
•
The syntax for a secure HTTP server:
https://
[[
username
:
password
]@]{
hostname |
host-ip
}[/
directory
]
/
image-name
.tar
•
The syntax for the Remote Copy Protocol (RCP):
rcp:
[[
//
username
@
location
]/
directory
]
/
tar-filename
.tar
•
The syntax for the TFTP:
tftp:
[[
//
location
]/
directory
]
/
tar-filename
.tar
The
tar-filename
.tar
is the tar file to be created.
For
flash:/
file-url, specify t
he location on the local flash file system from
which the new tar file is created.
An optional list of files or directories within the source directory can be
specified to write to the new tar file. If none are specified, all files and
directories at this level are written to the newly created tar file.
