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Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide 157
CLI Commands
Command: copy
To copy any file from a source to a destination, use the copy Privileged EXEC command.
copy
source-url destination-url
Syntax Description
•
source-url
— The location URL or reserved keyword of the source file to be copied.
•
destination-url
— The destination URL or reserved keyword of the destination file.
Parameters Range
•
source-url
— 1 - 160 characters
•
destination-url
— 1 - 160 characters
The following table shows keywords and URL prefixes:
Command Mode
Privileged EXEC
Usage Guidelines
The location of a file system dictates the format of the source or destination URL.
The entire copying process may take several minutes and differs from protocol to protocol and from
network to network.
If the egress interface is not specified, the default interface will be selected. Specifying interface zone=0
is equal to not defining an egress interface.
Table A-1. Source and Destination Keywords
Keyword Source or Destination
image If source file, represent the active image file. If destination file, represent the non-
active image file.
boot Boot file.
tftp: Source or destination URL for a TFTP network server. The syntax for this alias is
tftp:
//host/[directory]/filename
. The
host
can be IPv4 address. An out-of-band IP
address can be specified as described in the usage guidelines.
xmodem: Source for the file from a serial connection that uses the Xmodem protocol.
null: Null destination for copies or files. You can copy a remote file to null to determine
its size.