B-5
Catalyst 2928 Switch Software Configuration Guide
OL-23389-01
Appendix B Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images
Working with the Flash File System
Some invalid combinations of source and destination exist. Specifically, you cannot copy these
combinations:
•
From a running configuration to a running configuration
•
From a startup configuration to a startup configuration
•
From a device to the same device (for example, the
copy flash: flash:
command is invalid)
For specific examples of using the
copy
command with configuration files, see the
Configuration Files” section on page B-8
To copy software images either by downloading a new version or by uploading the existing one, use the
archive download-sw
or the
archive upload-sw
privileged EXEC command. For more information, see
the
“Working with Software Images” section on page B-19
Deleting Files
When you no longer need a file on a flash memory device, you can permanently delete it. To delete a file
or directory from a specified flash device, use the
delete
[
/force
] [
/recursive
] [
filesystem
:
]
/
file-url
privileged EXEC command.
Use the
/recursive
keyword for deleting a 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.
If you omit the
filesystem
:
option, the switch uses the default device specified by the
cd
command. For
file-url
, you specify the path (directory) and the name of the file to be deleted.
When you attempt to delete any files, the system prompts you to confirm the deletion.
Caution
When files are deleted, their contents cannot be recovered.
This example shows how to delete the file
myconfig
from the default flash memory device:
Switch#
delete myconfig
Creating, Displaying, and Extracting tar Files
You can create a tar file and write files into it, list the files in a tar file, and extract the files from a tar
file as described in the next sections.
Note
Instead of using the
copy
privileged EXEC command or the
archive tar
privileged EXEC command, we
recommend using the
archive download-sw
and
archive upload-sw
privileged EXEC commands to
download and upload software image files.