Reference Guide

26 | Getting Started
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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.
• 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 (Table 3-2).
• To copy a remote file to a Dell Networking system, combine the
file-origin syntax for a remote file
location with the
file-destination syntax for a local file location (Table 3-2).
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 configure a DNS server.
The following example shows using the
copy command to save a file to an FTP server.
Note: For a detailed description of the copy command, refer to the FTOS Command Line Reference
Guide.
Table 3-2. Forming a copy Command
source-file-url
Syntax destination-file-url Syntax
Local File Location
Internal flash:
flash
copy flash://filename flash://filename
USB flash:
usbflash
usbflash://filename usbflash://filename
Remote File Location
FTP server
copy ftp://username:password@{hostip |
hostname}
/filepath/filename
ftp://username:password@{hostip
| hostname}/
filepath/filename
TFTP server copy tftp://{hostip | hostname}/filepath/
filename
tftp://{hostip | hostname}/filepath/filename
SCP server copy scp://username:password@{hostip |
hostname}
/filepath/filename
scp://username:password@{hostip
| hostname}/
filepath/filename