Alias Commands - Cisco Catalyst 2000 Configuration Handbook

first copy the active configuration into the Flash file system, and then in global con-
figuration, use the boot config parameter followed by the file system name and file
location and name. After you save this configuration, the router attempts to load the
configuration from the specified location.

Alias Commands

Because the new file system functionality is the third generation of file management sys-
tems for Cisco IOS, alias commands have been established to provide backward compati-
bility for commands that existed in previous operating systems. This backward compati-
bility enables you to use file management commands that you might have learned in pre-
vious releases without having to relearn the new command structure. Table 3-3 shows the
alias commands and the IFS equivalent command.
Table 3-3 File Management Alias Commands
Cisco IOS
Software
Release 10.2
and Earlier
Command
show running-config
write terminal
show startup-config
show config
copy running-config
write memory
startup-config
erase startup-config
write erase
copy running-config
write network
tftp:
copy startup-config
config memory
running-config
copy tftp running-
config network
config
copy tftp startup-
config
config
overwrite
Cisco IOS Software
Release 10.3 to 11.3
Command
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Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0 and
Later (IFS) Command
show system:running-config or more
system:running-config
show system:startup-config or more
system:startup-config
copy system:running-config nvram:start-
up-config
erase nvram:
copy system:running-config
tftp://address/filename
copy nvram:startup-config system:run-
ning-config
copy tftp://address/filename
system:running-config
copy tftp://address/filename
nvram:startup-config