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Description
The export command prints a script that can be used to restore configuration. The command can be
invoked at any menu level, and it acts for that menu level and all menu levels below it. If the
argument from is used, then it is possible to export only specified items. In this case export does
not descend recursively through the command hierarchy. export also has the argument file, which
allows you to save the script in a file on the router to retrieve it later via FTP.
Command Description
file=[filename] - saves the export to a file
from=[number] - specifies from which item to start to generate the export file
Example
[admin@MikroTik] > ip address print
Flags: X - disabled, I - invalid, D - dynamic
#
ADDRESS
NETWORK
BROADCAST
INTERFACE
0
10.1.0.172/24
10.1.0.0
10.1.0.255
bridge1
1
10.5.1.1/24
10.5.1.0
10.5.1.255
ether1
[admin@MikroTik] >
To make an export file:
[admin@MikroTik] ip address> export file=address
[admin@MikroTik] ip address>
To make an export file from only one item:
[admin@MikroTik] ip address> export file=address1 from=1
[admin@MikroTik] ip address>
To see the files stored on the router:
[admin@MikroTik] > file print
# NAME
TYPE
SIZE
CREATION-TIME
0
address.rsc
script
315
dec/23/2003 13:21:48
1
address1.rsc
script
201
dec/23/2003 13:22:57
[admin@MikroTik] >
To export the setting on the display use the same command without the file argument:
[admin@MikroTik] ip address> export from=0,1
# nov/13/2004 13:25:30 by RouterOS 2.9
# software id = MGJ4-MAN
#
/ ip address
add address=10.1.0.172/24 network=10.1.0.0 broadcast=10.1.0.255 \
interface=bridge1 comment="" disabled=no
add address=10.5.1.1/24 network=10.5.1.0 broadcast=10.5.1.255 \
interface=ether1 comment="" disabled=no
[admin@MikroTik] ip address>
The Import Command
Command name: /import
Description
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