Command Manual – File System Management
Quidway S3900 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510
Chapter 1 File System Management Configuration
Commands
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1-8
1.2.3 delete
Syntax
delete
[ /
unreserved
]
file
-
url
delete
{
running-files
|
standby-files
} [ /
fabric
] [ /
unreserved
]
View
User view
Parameter
/
unreserved
: Deletes a file completely.
file
-
url
: Path name or file name of a file in the Flash memory. You can use the *
character in this argument as a wildcard. For example, the
delete
*.txt command
deletes all the files with txt as their extensions.
running-files
: Specifies all the files with the main attribute.
standby-files
: Specifies all the files with the backup attribute.
fabric
: Deletes all the specified files in the fabric.
Description
Use the
delete
command to delete a specified file from the Flash memory on a switch.
You can use the * character in this argument as a wildcard.
If you execute the
delete
command with the /
unreserved
keyword specified, the
specified file is completely deleted. That is, the file cannot be restored.
For a file that has both the main and backup attributes, the
delete running-files
deletes its main attribute only, and the
delete standby-files
command deletes its
backup attribute only.
Deleted files are stored in the recycle bin.
Following are the notes on deleted files:
z
The
dir
command cannot display the information about deleted files.
z
To display the information about deleted files, use the
dir
/
all
command.
z
To restore a deleted file, use the
undelete
command.
z
To delete the files in the recycle bin, use the
reset recycle-bin
command.
When you use the
delete running-file
or
delete standby-file
command, you will be
prompted to confirm whether to delete all files with the main/backup attribute. If you
choose yes, the corresponding files are deleted. If you choose no, the system will
further to prompt you confirming the following items orderly:
1)
Delete the image file with the main/backup attribute?
2)
Delete the configuration file with the main/backup attribute?
3)
Delete the Web file with the main/backup attribute?