User guide

File and Directory Management Managing System Files
page 2-6 OmniSwitch 7700/7800/8800 Switch Management Guide April 2006
To list all files and directories in your current directory, use the ls command. Here is a sample display of
the flash directory.
-> ls
Listing Directory /flash:
-rw 290 Apr 22 05:23 boot.params
drw 2048 Apr 19 06:12 certified/
drw 2048 Apr 22 08:01 working/
-rw 64000 Apr 22 05:22 swlog2.log
-rw 64000 Apr 22 07:58 swlog1.log
-rw 4885718 Apr 22 05:23 cs_system.pmd
drw 2048 Apr 2 03:13 network/
drw 2048 Apr 22 08:00 testdir/
drw 2048 Mar 11 00:30 switch/
2351104 bytes free
The following information describes the screen displayed by the ls command.
• The first column consists of three text characters. The first character indicates whether the row entry is
a file (-) or a directory (d). The second and third characters indicate the user’s read/write permissions.
-rw 290 Apr 22 05:23 boot.params
drw 2048 Apr 19 06:12 certified/
Here, the first entry shows a file (-) for which the user has read and write (rw) permissions. The second
entry shows a directory (d) for which the user has read and write (rw) permissions.
• The second column indicates the number of bytes of flash memory the row entry occupies.
-rw 290 Apr 22 05:23 boot.params
drw 2048 Apr 19 06:12 certified/
Here, the first entry shows that the file uses 290 bytes of flash memory. The second entry shows that
the directory occupies 2048 bytes of flash memory.
• The third, fourth, and fifth columns show the date and time the row entry was created or copied into the
flash directory.
-rw 290 Apr 22 05:23 boot.params
drw 2048 Apr 19 06:12 certified/
Here, the first entry indicates the file was created or copied on April 22 at 05:23 hours. The second
entry indicates that the directory was created or copied on April 19 at 06:12 hours.
• The column on the right lists the file or directory name. Note that directory names end with a slash (/)
character.
-rw 290 Apr 22 05:23 boot.params
drw 2048 Apr 19 06:12 certified/
Here, the first entry shows a file named boot.params, the second shows a directory named certified.
The value shown at the bottom of the display indicates the amount of flash memory remaining for use in
this directory (2.35 megabytes in the above example).