Administrator Guide

Copy Files to and from the System
The command syntax for copying files is similar to UNIX. The copy command uses the format copy source-
file-url destination-file-url.
NOTE: For a detailed description of the copy command, refer to the Dell Networking OS Command Line
Reference Guide.
• To copy a local file to a remote system, combine the file-origin syntax for a local file location with
the
file-destination syntax for a remote file location.
• To copy a remote file to Dell Networking system, combine the file-origin syntax for a remote file
location with the file-destination syntax for a local file location.
Table 3. Forming a copy Command
Location source-file-url Syntax destination-file-url Syntax
Internal flash: flash
copy flash://filename flash://filename
USB flash: usbflash
usbflash://filename usbflash://filename
For a remote file location:
FTP server
copy ftp://
username:password@{hostip
| hostname}/filepath/
filename
ftp://
username:password@{hostip
| hostname}/ filepath/
filename
For a remote file location:
TFTP server
copy tftp://{hostip |
hostname}/filepath/
filename
tftp://{hostip |
hostname}/filepath/
filename
For a remote file location:
SCP server
copy scp://{hostip |
hostname}/filepath/
filename
scp://{hostip | hostname}/
filepath/filename
Important Points to Remember
• You may not copy a file from one remote system to another.
• You may not copy a file from one location to the same location.
• When copying to a server, you can only use a hostname if you configured a domain name server (DNS)
server.
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