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Catalyst 3560 Switch Command Reference
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Appendix A Catalyst 3560 Switch Boot Loader Commands
copy
copy
Use the copy boot loader command to copy a file from a source to a destination.
copy [-b block-size] filesystem:/source-file-url filesystem:/destination-file-url
Syntax Description
Defaults The default block size is 4 KB.
Command Modes Boot loader
Command History
Usage Guidelines Filenames and directory names are case sensitive.
Directory names are limited to 45 characters between the slashes (/); the name cannot contain control
characters, spaces, deletes, slashes, quotes, semicolons, or colons.
Filenames are limited to 45 characters; the name cannot contain control characters, spaces, deletes,
slashes, quotes, semicolons, or colons.
If you are copying a file to a new directory, the directory must already exist.
Examples This example show how to copy a file at the root:
switch: copy flash:test1.text flash:test4.text
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File "flash:test1.text" successfully copied to "flash:test4.text"
You can verify that the file was copied by entering the dir filesystem: boot loader command.
Related Commands
-b block-size (Optional) This option is used only for internal development and testing.
filesystem: Alias for a flash file system. Use flash: for the system board flash device.
/source-file-url Path (directory) and filename (source) to be copied.
/destination-file-url Path (directory) and filename of the destination.
Release Modification
12.1(19)EA1 This command was introduced.
Command Description
delete Deletes one or more files from the specified file system.