Cisco 2800 Series - File Operations on CompactFlash Memory Cards

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Using CompactFlash Memory Cards
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File Operations on CompactFlash Memory Cards
Format:All system sectors written. OK...
Format:Total sectors in formatted partition:250592
Format:Total bytes in formatted partition:128303104
Format:Operation completed successfully.
Format of flash complete
File Operations on CompactFlash Memory Cards
File and directory operations vary according to the formatted file system—Class B or Class C.
This section describes the following file operations for external CF memory cards:
• Copying Files, page 5
• Displaying Files, page 5
• Displaying File Content, page 6
• Displaying Geometry and Format Information (Class C Only), page 6
• Deleting Files, page 7
• Renaming Files, page 8
Copying Files
To copy files, enter the copy command in privileged EXEC mode. To indicate a file that is stored in a
CF memory card, precede the filename with flash:.
Examples: Copying Files
In the following example, the file my-config1 on the CF memory card is copied into the startup-config
file in the system memory:
Router# copy flash:my-config1 startup-config
Destination filename [startup-config]?
[OK]
517 bytes copied in 4.188 secs (129 bytes/sec)
In the following example, the file my-config2 on the CF memory card is copied into the running-config
file in the system memory:
Router# copy flash:my-config2 running-config
Destination filename [running-config]?
709 bytes copied in 0.72 secs
Displaying Files
To display a list of files on a CF memory card, enter the dir flash: command in privileged EXEC mode:
Router# dir flash:
Directory of flash:/
1580 -rw- 6462268 Mar 06 2004 06:14:02 c28xx-i-mz.3600ata
3 -rw- 6458388 Mar 01 2004 00:01:24 c28xx-i-mz
63930368 bytes total (51007488 bytes free)