Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference Release 4.0(1a)N2(1) (OL-16599-01, March 2009)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference
OL-16599-01
Chapter 1 Basic System Commands
gzip
gzip
To compress a file, use the gzip command.
gzip [filesystem:] [//server/] [directory] filename
Syntax Description
Note There can be no spaces in the filesystem://server/directory/filename string. Individual elements of this
string are separated by colons (:) and slashes (/).
Command Default None
Command Modes EXEC mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines After you run this command, the named file is replaced with a compressed file that has the .gz extension
added to its filename.
The Cisco NX-OS software uses Lempel-Ziv 1977 (LZ77) coding for compression.
Examples This example shows how to compress a file:
switch# gzip run_cnfg.cfg
Related Commands
filesystem: (Optional) Name of the file system. Valid values are bootflash, modflash,
or volatile.
//server/ (Optional) Name of the server. Valid values are ///, //module-1/, //sup-1/,
//sup-active/, or //sup-local/. The double slash (//) is required.
directory (Optional) Name of a directory. The directory name is case sensitive.
filename Name of the file to compress. The filename is case sensitive.
Release Modification
4.0(0)N1(1a) This command was introduced.
Command Description
dir Displays the directory contents.
gunzip Uncompresses a compressed file.