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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
OL-8413-07, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Chapter 1 CLI Overview
Using the File System
Note Redirection is allowed only if the current directory is on the volatile: (default) or slot0: file systems.
Redirection is not allowed if the current directory is on the
bootflash: file system. The current directory
can be viewed using the pwd command and changed using the cd command.
Directing show Command Output to a File
You can direct show command output to a file, either on the volatile file system, on slot0 CompactFlash
memory, or on a remote server.
The following example shows how to direct the show running-config output to a file on the volatile file
system.
switch1# show running-config > volatile:switch1-run.cfg
The following example shows how to direct the show running-config output to a file on slot0
CompactFlash memory.
switch2# show running-config > slot0:switch2-run.cfg
The following example shows how to direct the show running-config output to a file on a TFTP server.
switch3# show running-config > tftp://10.10.1.1/home/suser/switch3-run.cfg
Preparing to copy...done
Compressing and Uncompressing Files
The gzip command compresses (zips) the specified file using LZ77 coding.
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
The gunzip command uncompresses (unzips) LZ77 coded files.
This example unzips the file that was compressed in the previous example:
switch# gunzip samplefile
/volatile/samplefile.gz: No such file or directory
switch# gunzip Samplefile
switch# dir
1525859 Jul 04 00:51:03 2003 Samplefile
Usage for volatile://