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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
OL-18089-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 9 G Commands
gzip
gzip
To compress (zip) a specified file using LZ77 coding, use the
gzip
command in EXEC mode.
gzip
{
bootflash:
|
slot0:
|
volatile:
}
filename
Syntax Description
Defaults
None.
Command Modes
EXEC mode.
Command History
Usage Guidelines
This command is useful in compressing large files. The output of the
show tech-support
command can
directed to a file and compressed for further use. The
gzip
command replaces the source file with a
compressed .gz file.
Examples
This example directs the output of the
show tech-support
command to a file (Samplefile) and then zips
the file and displays the difference in the space used up in the volatile: directory:
switch#
show tech-support > Samplefile
Building Configuration ...
switch#
dir
1525859 Jul 04 00:51:03 2003 Samplefile
Usage for volatile://
1527808 bytes used
19443712 bytes free
20971520 bytes total
switch#
gzip volatile:Samplefile
switch#
dir
266069 Jul 04 00:51:03 2003 Samplefile.gz
Usage for volatile://
266240 bytes used
20705280 bytes free
20971520 bytes total
Related Commands
bootflash:
Source location for the file to be compressed and destination of the compressed file.
slot0:
Source location for the file to be compressed and destination of the compressed file.
volatile:
Source location for the file to be compressed and destination of the compressed
file.This is the default directory.
filename
The name of the file to be compressed.
Release
Modification
1.1(1)
This command was introduced.