file

Required Command-Line Mode = Configure

Use the file command to manage the debug dump files produced by the debug command and the PCAP files produced by the tcpdump command.

Use the show file debug-dump command to display a list of available debug dump files. Note that debug dump files may be deleted automatically if disk usage is low.

The file command has the following syntax:

file
   debug-dump
      delete <filename>
      email <filename>
      upload <filename> <upload URL>
 
   tcpdump
      delete <filename>
      upload <filename> <upload URL>

The following table describes the arguments for the file command:

 

Argument	Description
debug-dump    delete <filename>    email <filename>    upload <filename> <upload URL>	Deletes, emails, or uploads a sysdump file produced by the debug command as follows: • delete—Deletes a file. Type debug-dump delete ? to see a list of files available for deletion. • email—Sends a sysdump file to all email destinations configured to receive informational events (info) with the email command (email notify recipient <email address> class info). • upload—Sends a debug dump file to a remote host using FTP, TFTP, SCP, or SFTP. The format for the upload URL is as follows: [protocol]://username[:password]@hostname/path/filename
tcpdump    delete <filename>    upload <filename> <upload URL>	Deletes or uploads a capture file produced by the tcpdump command as follows: • delete—Deletes a file. Type tcpdump delete ? to see a list of files available for deletion. • upload—Sends a tcpdump file to a remote host using FTP, TFTP, SCP, or SFTP. The format for the upload URL is as follows: [protocol]://username[:password]@hostname/path/filename

Related Commands

The following table summarizes other commands related to the file command:

Task	Command
Displays the debug dump files stored on the node.	show files debug-dump
Displays filesystem information.	show files system
Displays detailed filesystem information.	show files system detail
Displays the tcpdump files stored on the nodes.	show files tcpdump