File Management Tasks
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Moving Files
Use the
move
command to move a file or directory from one location to another.
Use the CLI syntax displayed below to move files:
CLI Syntax: file>
move old-file-url new-file-url [force]
The following displays an example of the command syntax:
Example
: A:ALA-1>file cf1:\test1\test2\test3\ # move test.cfg cf1:\test1
cf1:\test1\test2\test3\test.cfg
A:ALA-1>file cf1:\test1\test2\test3\ # cd ..
A:ALA-1>file cf1:\test1\test2\ # cd ..
A:ALA-1>file cf1:\test1\ # dir
Directory of cf1:\test1\
05/04/2006 07:58a <DIR> .
05/04/2006 07:06a <DIR> ..
05/04/2006 07:06a <DIR> test2
05/04/2006 07:58a 25278 test.cfg
1 File(s) 25278 bytes.
3 Dir(s) 1056256 bytes free.
A:ALA-1>file cf1:\test1\ #
Removing Files and Deleting Directories
Use the
delete
and
rd
commands to delete files and remove directories. Directories must be
empty in order to delete them. When file or directories are deleted they cannot be recovered.
Use the CLI syntax displayed below to delete files and remove directories:
CLI Syntax: file>
delete file-url [force]
rd file-url [force]
The following displays an example of the command syntax:
A:ALA-1>file cf1:\test1\ # delete test.cfg
A:ALA-1>file cf1:\test1\ # delete abc.cfg
A:ALA-1>file cf1:\test1\test2\ # cd test3
A:ALA-1>file cf1:\test1\test2\test3\ # cd ..
A:ALA-1>file cf1:\test1\test2\ # rd test3
A:ALA-1>file cf1:\test1\test2\ # cd ..
A:ALA-1>file cf1:\test1\ # rd test2
A:ALA-1>file cf1:\test1\ # cd ..
A:ALA-1>file cf1:\ # rd test1
A:ALA-1>file cf1:\ #