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Chapter 2 Catalyst 2350 Switch Cisco IOS Commands
delete
delete
Use the
delete
privileged EXEC command to delete a file or directory on the flash memory device.
delete
[
/force
] [/
recursive
]
filesystem
:/
file-url
Syntax Description
Command Modes
Privileged EXEC
Command History
Usage Guidelines
If you use the
/force
keyword, you are prompted once at the beginning of the deletion process to confirm
the deletion.
If you use the
/recursive
keyword without the
/force
keyword, you are prompted to confirm the deletion
of every file.
The prompting behavior depends on the setting of the
file prompt
global configuration command. By
default, the switch prompts for confirmation on destructive file operations. For more information about
this command, see the
Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference, Release 12.2.
Examples
This example shows how to remove the directory that contains the old software image after a successful
download of a new image:
Switch#
delete /force /recursive flash:/old-image
You can verify that the directory was removed by entering the
dir
filesystem
:
privileged EXEC
command.
Related Commands
/force
(Optional) Suppress the prompt that confirms the deletion.
/recursive
(Optional) Delete the named directory and all subdirectories and the files contained in
it.
filesystem
:
Alias for a flash file system.
The syntax for the local flash file system:
flash:
/
file-url
The path (directory) and filename to delete.
Release
Modification
12.2(46)EY
This command was introduced.
Command
Description
archive download-sw
Downloads a new image to the switch and overwrites or keeps the existing
image.
