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tar
tar clean {crash|flash|logs}| crash | flash | logs [tech-support]
Description
This command archives a directory.
Syntax
Parameter Description
clean
Removes a tar file
crash
Removes crash.tar
flash
Removes flash.tar.gz
logs
Removes logs.tar
crash
Archives the crash directory to crash.tar. A crash directory must exist.
flash
Archives and compresses the /flash directory to flash.tar.gz.
logs
Archives the logs directory to log.tar. Optionally, technical support information can be included.
Usage Guidelines
This command creates archive files in Unix tar file format.
Example
The following command creates the log.tar file with technical support information:
tar logs tech-support
Command History
The command was introduced in ArubaOS 3.0
Command Information
Platforms Licensing Command Mode
All platforms Base operating system Enable mode on master controllers