Working with the Flash File System
Displaying Available File Systems
To display the available file systems on your switch, use the show file systems privileged EXEC
command as shown in this example.
Switch# show file systems
File Systems:
Size(b)
*
Table B-1
show file systems Field Descriptions
Field
Value
Size(b)
Amount of memory in the file system in bytes.
Free(b)
Amount of free memory in the file system in bytes.
Type
Type of file system.
flash—The file system is for a Flash memory device.
nvram—The file system is for a nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) device.
opaque—The file system is a locally generated pseudo file system (for example, the system) or a download
interface, such as brimux.
unknown—The file system is an unknown type.
Flags
Permission for file system.
ro—read-only.
rw—read/write.
wo—write-only.
Prefixes
Alias for file system.
flash:—Flash file system.
nvram:—NVRAM.
null:—Null destination for copies. You can copy a remote file to null to find its size.
rcp:—Remote Copy Protocol (RCP) network server.
system:—Contains the system memory, including the running configuration.
tftp:—Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) network server.
xmodem:—Obtain the file from a network machine by using the XMODEM protocol.
ymodem:—Obtain the file from a network machine by using the YMODEM protocol.
Catalyst 3560 Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Appendix B
Free(b)
Type
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Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images
Flags
Prefixes
flash
rw
flash:
opaque
rw
bs:
opaque
rw
vb:
nvram
rw
nvram:
network
rw
tftp:
opaque
rw
null:
opaque
rw
system:
opaque
ro
xmodem:
opaque
ro
ymodem:
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