CLI Guide

Switch Management Commands 1980
Syntax
filedescr {active | backup} description
no filedescr {active | backup}
• active | backup—Image file.
• description—Block of descriptive text. (Range: 0-128 characters)
Default Configuration
No description is attached to the active or backup image.
Use the show bootvar command to display the image description.
Command Mode
Privileged Exec mode
User Guidelines
The description accepts any printable characters except a question mark.
Enclose the string in double quotes to include spaces within the description.
The surrounding quotes are not used as part of the description. The CLI does
not filter illegal combinations of characters on entry and may accept entries
up to the first illegal character or reject the entry entirely.
Command History
Updated in version 6.3.0.1 firmware.
Example
The following example attaches a file description to the active image.
console#filedescr active “backedup on 03-22-05”
rename
Use the rename command to rename a file present in flash.
Syntax
rename source dest
• source — Source file name