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Managing a Nonvolatile File System
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If the destination system has a memory card to which you are transferring a file,
we recommend that you compact the card first to optimize the space available for
the file. See “Compacting File Space
,” on page 4-19 for instructions.
We recommend that you first copy the file at the source to a new, temporary file
name if the name is the same as an existing file name at the destination.
Enter the following commands to initiate a file transfer from the Technician
Interface:
tftp get <host_address> <remote_vol> : <remote_file> [ <local_vol> ]:[ <local_file> ]
tftp put <host_address> <remote_vol> : <remote_file> [ <local_vol> ]:[ <local_file> ]
get means you are transferring the file to the local Bay Networks router and put
means you are transferring the file to the remote node.
<host_address> is the address of the host for transfers.
<remote_vol> is the volume number containing the volume to which you want to
transfer the file.
<remote_file> is the name to which you want to transfer the file. If you do not
enter a destination name, the system defaults to the
<local file> you specified for
the source file.
<local_vol> is the volume number containing the volume in the local Bay
Networks router.
<local_file> is the name of the file used on the local router.
Caution:
The destination system in a file transfer automatically overwrites
any file already on its volume that has the same file name. If enough space
does not exist on the file system for the new file, and the new file has the same
name as an old file, the old file will be destroyed and the new file will be
corrupted. This occurs because TFTP copies the new file over the old and runs
out of space before completing the copy. Be sure to follow the instructions in
this section to avoid corrupting the config file.