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Copy flash tftp when IOS image is in a folder

alejobalejob Member Posts: 12 ■□□□□□□□□□
So I got this switch and I want to back up the IOS image. Every darn place explains how to do it when the IOS image is in the root directory in flash, which is pretty simple. But mine is in a directory called flash.

When the prompt asks for the file name I typed flash/longname.bin and a bunch of combinations without success. I can't believe something this simple is giving me so much trouble.
Any idea?

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    sputnic68sputnic68 Member Posts: 65 ■■□□□□□□□□
    here is an example:

    switch#sh flash

    Directory of flash:/

    2 -rwx 99 Feb 24 2005 11:16:03 -05:00 private-config.text
    3 -rwx 8149 Feb 24 2005 11:16:03 -05:00 config.text
    4 -rwx 804 Jun 10 2004 18:45:09 -04:00 vlan.dat
    6 -rwx 342 Jun 10 2004 11:36:32 -04:00 system_env_vars
    24 drwx 192 Jun 10 2004 11:36:23 -04:00 c3550-i5q3l2-mz.121-20.EA2
    7 -rwx 18 Jun 10 2004 11:36:32 -04:00 env_vars

    15998976 bytes total (8269312 bytes free)

    c3550-i5q3l2-mz.121-20.EA2 is the directory that the IOS file is in

    This gives you the IOS file name in the directory

    switch#cd flash:/c3550-i5q3l2-mz.121-20.EA2
    switch#sh flash

    Directory of flash:/c3550-i5q3l2-mz.121-20.EA2/

    25 drwx 2688 Jun 10 2004 11:34:50 -04:00 html
    107 -rwx 4219426 Jun 10 2004 11:36:23 -04:00 c3550-i5q3l2-mz.121-20.EA2.bin
    108 -rwx 252 Jun 10 2004 11:36:23 -04:00 info

    15998976 bytes total (8269312 bytes free)

    Next copy the IOS to the tftp server

    switch#copy flash tftp
    Source filename [flash:/c3550-i5q3l2-mz.121-20.EA2.bin]? flash:/c3550-i5q3l2-mz.121-20.EA2/c3550-i5q3l2-mz.121-20.EA2.bin
    Address or name of remote host []? 10.1.1.1
    Destination filename [/c3550-i5q3l2-mz.121-20.EA2/c3550-i5q3l2-mz.121-20.EA2.bin]? c3550-i5q3l2-mz.121-20.EA2.bin

    That should complete the copy of the IOS to the tftp server when it is in a directory
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    AbhishakeAbhishake Registered Users Posts: 1 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Thank you so much for this method...:)
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