• TFTP—tftp:[[//location]/directory]/filename
• SCP—scp:[[//username [:password]@location]/directory]/filename
• HTTP—http:[[//username [:password]@location]/directory]/filename
• HTTPS—https:[[//username [:password]@location]/directory]/filename
The password must not contain the special character '@'. If the character '@' is used, the copy fails to parse
the IP address of the server.
Note
Local writable file systems include flash:.
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
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 device 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.
When files are deleted, their contents cannot be recovered.
Caution
This example shows how to delete the file
myconfig
from the default flash memory device:
Device#
delete myconfig
Creating, Displaying and Extracting Files
You can create a file and write files into it, list the files in a file, and extract the files from a file as described
in the next sections.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to create a file, display the contents, and extract it:
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Deleting Files