Command Manual – System Management
Quidway S8500 Series Routing Switches
Chapter 1 File System Management Commands
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Currently, the switch does not support this command on the compact flash (CF) card.
Example
# Restore the space of the storage device flash.
<Quidway> fixdisk flash:
1.1.8 format
Syntax
format filesystem
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Parameter
filesystem
: Device name.
Description
Use the
format
command to format the storage device.
Format operation will cause non-recoverable loss of all the files on the device. Specially,
configuration files will be lost after formatting the flash memory.
Example
# Format flash.
<Quidway> format flash:
All data on Flash will be lost , proceed with format ? [Y/N] y
% Now begin to format flash, please wait for a while...
Format winc: completed
1.1.9 mkdir
Syntax
mkdir
directory
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Parameter
directory
:
Directory name, in the range 1 to 136 characters.