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Using the USB port and USB flash drive

Creating directories on USB drives

Using the mkdir and md commands You can create up to two directory levels on an internal USB

drive (usb0) or USB drive attached to the external USB port (usb1) and can copy files to or remove

files from these directories. As an example, a first-level directory structure on usb0 would be

usb0/dir1. An example of a second-level directory structure would be usb1/dir1/dir2. Following is

a list of rules for creating directories:

• You cannot create a directory under usb0/sys, as this contains system files. For example, the

system creates the “dpscript” directory under usb0/sys/ to store scripts for the scripting

feature.

• In a dual MP (management processor) environment, files in usb0/sys/dpscript will be

automatically synchronized between MPs.

• You can use both “/” or “\” as directory delimiters.

• Although you can copy files to and from directories, you cannot copy entire directories.

• You can delete or rename files in directories.

Following are examples of using the mkdir or md commands to create directories:

• Use the following commands to create a directory called dir1 on the usb1 drive.

ServerIronADX# mkdir usb1/dir1

ServerIronADX# md usb1/dir1

• Use the following commands to create a first-level directory called “abcd” and a second-level

directory called “dir2” on the usb0 drive.

ServerIronADX# mkdir usb0/abcd/dir2

ServerIronADX# md usb0/abcd/dir2

Syntax: mkdir <dir-full-path>

Syntax: md <dir-full-path>

The mkdir or md command creates a directory.

The <dir-full-path> parameter specifies the internal USB drive (usb0) or the external USB port

(usb1) on the ServerIron ADX connected to a USB drive and full path of the directory. For example,

the full path for a second-level directory “dir2” on usb0 could be usb0/dir1/dir2. You must use the

full path when creating a directory using “/” or “\” as directory delimiters.

Removing directories on USB drives

Using the rmdir command, you can remove empty directories only, and you must specify the full

path for these directories.

Following are examples of using this command:

• Use the following command to remove the empty first-level directory “dir1” from the usb1

drive.

ServerIronADX# rmdir usb1/dir1

• Use the following command to remove the empty second-level directory “dir2” from the usb0

drive.

ServerIronADX# rmdir usb0/dir1/dir2