522 Managing System Files
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Copying a File
You can perform the following copy operations:
• Copy a file from a TFTP server to nonvolatile storage.
• Copy a file from nonvolatile storage or temporary storage to a TFTP server.
• Copy a file from one area in nonvolatile storage to another.
• Copy a file to a new filename in nonvolatile storage.
To copy a file, use the following command.
copy source-url destination-url
A URL can be one of the following:
•[subdirname/]filename
• file:[subdirname/]filename
• tftp://ip-addr/[subdirname/]filename
• tmp:filename
The filename and file:filename URLs are equivalent. You can use either URL to refer to a file in an WSS switch’s
nonvolatile memory.
The tftp://ip-addr/filename URL refers to a file on a TFTP server. If DNS is configured on the WSS switch, you can
specify a TFTP server’s hostname as an alternative to specifying the IP address.
The tmp:filename URL refers to a file in temporary storage. You can copy a file out of temporary storage but you cannot
copy a file into temporary storage.
The subdirname/ option specifies a subdirectory.
If you are copying a system image file into nonvolatile storage, the destination-url must include the boot partition name.
You can specify one of the following:
• boot0:/filename
• boot1:/filename
You must specify the boot partition that was not used to load the currently running image.
To copy the file floor2WSS from nonvolatile storage to a TFTP server, type the following command:
23x0# copy floor2WSS tftp://10.1.1.1/floor2WSS
success: sent 365 bytes in 0.401 seconds [ 910 bytes/sec]
The above command copies the file to the same filename on the TFTP server. To rename the file when copying it, type
the following command:
23x0# copy floor2WSS tftp://10.1.1.1/floor2WSS-backup
success: sent 365 bytes in 0.401 seconds [ 910 bytes/sec]
Note. You can copy a file from an WSS switch to a TFTP server or from a TFTP server
to an WSS switch, but you cannot use WSS Software to copy a file directly from one TFTP
server to another.
