Managing the file system

The emergency shell provides some basic file system management commands for managing the files on the device's storage media. You can use these commands to manage the file system.


[IMPORTANT: ]

IMPORTANT:

  • A file deleted by using the delete command cannot be restored.

  • The format command permanently deletes all files and folders from a storage medium, and the deleted files and folders cannot be restored.


To manage the file system, execute the following commands in user view:

Task

Command

Remarks

Display files or folders.

dir [ /all ] [ file-url ]

N/A

Create a folder on a storage medium.

mkdir directory

The parent folder must already exist. For example, to create folder flash:/test/mytest, the parent folder test must already exist on the Flash.

The name for the new folder must be unique in the parent folder.

Display the current path.

pwd

N/A

Copy a file.

copy fileurl-source fileurl-dest

N/A

Move a file.

move fileurl-source fileurl-dest

The destination folder must have enough space for the file.

Display the contents of a file.

more file-url

N/A

Permanently delete a file.

delete file-url

N/A

Delete a folder.

rmdir directory

To delete a folder, first delete all files and child folders in the folder.

Format a storage medium.

format storage-medium

N/A