Downloading Software Or Configuration Files To Flash Memory; Downloading A File To A Specific Location - Cisco PIX 500 Series Configuration Manual

Chapter 41 Managing Software, Licenses, and Configurations
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Downloading Software or Configuration Files to Flash Memory

You can download application images, ASDM images, configuration files, and other files to the internal
Flash memory or, for the ASA 5500 series adaptive security appliance, to the external Flash memory
from a TFTP, FTP, HTTP, or HTTPS server.
Note You cannot have two files with the same name but with different letter case in the same directory in Flash
memory. For example,if you attempt to dowload the file Config.cfg to a location that contains the file
config.cfg, you recieve the error
This section includes the following topics:
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Downloading a File to a Specific Location

This section describes how to download the application image, ASDM software, a configuration file, or
any other file that needs to be downloaded to Flash memory. To download a file to the running or startup
configuration, see the
page
For information about installing the Cisco SSL VPN client, see the
section on page
see the Cisco Secure Desktop Configuration Guide for Cisco ASA 5500 Series Administrators.
To configure the security appliance to use a specific application image or ASDM image if you have more
than one installed, or have installed them in external Flash memory see the
Image and ASDM Image to Boot" section on page
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For example:
hostname# dir
Directory of disk0:/
500 -rw- 4958208
2513 -rw- 4634
2788 -rw- 21601
2927 -rw- 8670632
To view extended information about a specific file, enter the following command:
hostname# show file information [ path :/] filename
The default path is the root directory of the internal Flash memory (flash:/ or disk0:/).
For example:
hostname# show file information cdisk.bin
disk0:/cdisk.bin:
type is image (XXX) []
file size is 4976640 bytes version 7.0(1)
The file size listed is for example only.
Downloading a File to a Specific Location, page 41-3
Downloading a File to the Startup or Running Configuration, page 41-4
"Downloading a File to the Startup or Running Configuration" section on
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38-2. For information about installing Cisco Secure Desktop on the security appliance,
Downloading Software or Configuration Files to Flash Memory
22:56:20 Nov 29 2004 cdisk.bin
19:32:48 Sep 17 2004 first-backup
20:51:46 Nov 23 2004 backup.cfg
20:42:48 Dec 08 2004 asdmfile.bin
%Error opening disk0:/Config.cfg (File exists)
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Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide
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"Installing the AnyConnect Client"
"Configuring the Application
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