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Converged Enhanced Ethernet Command Reference 33
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copy
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copy
Copies one file to another location.
Synopsis copy source-file-url destination-file-url
Operands source-file-url Specifies location of the source file to be copied using one of the following
formats:
flash Copies from URL [flash://]filename
FTP Copies from URL ftp://[username[:password]@server/path]
SCP Copies from URL scp://[username[:password]@server/path]
destination-file-url Specifies the destination file using one of the following formats:
flash Copies to URL [flash://]filename
FTP Copies to URL ftp://[username[:password]@server/path]
SCP Copies to URL scp://[username[:password]@server/path]
running-config Copies to the current running configuration.
startup--config Copies to the current startup configuration file.
Defaults None
Command
Modes
Privileged EXEC mode
Description Use this command to copy a file to another location.
Usage
Guidelines
The following guidelines apply when using this command:
• An error displays if there is no startup configuration file; for example:
switch #copy startup-config file2
% Error: No Startup-config.
• Use the write memory command to add entries in the startup configuration file.
• Use the write erase command to delete entries from the startup configuration file.
Examples To copy the source file to a remote machine using FTP:
switch#copy ftp://user@10.10.10.10/file1 file2
Source password[]?
To copy the source file from a remote machine using SCP:
switch#copy scp://user:password@10.10.10.10/file1 file2
To copy the source file from a local switch:
switch#copy flash://file1 file2
To copy the startup configuration file to the local switch:
switch#copy startup-config file2
Building configuration...