Command Manual – System Management 
Quidway S8500 Series Routing Switches  Chapter 1  File System Management Commands
 
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Currently, the switch does not support this command on the compact flash (CF) card. 
Example 
# Restore the space of the storage device flash. 
<Quidway> fixdisk flash:  
1.1.8  format 
Syntax 
format filesystem 
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Parameter 
filesystem: Device name. 
Description 
Use the format command to format the storage device.  
Format operation will cause non-recoverable loss of all the files on the device. Specially, 
configuration files will be lost after formatting the flash memory.  
Example 
# Format flash. 
<Quidway> format flash: 
All data on Flash will be lost , proceed with format ? [Y/N] y 
% Now begin to format flash, please wait for a while... 
Format winc: completed 
1.1.9  mkdir 
Syntax 
mkdir directory 
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Parameter 
directory: Directory name, in the range 1 to 136 characters.