Copy a file to the bootflash

[DennisRoth]

Is there a way to copy a file into bootflash that already exists without asking to overwrite it?

HOSTNAME# copy ftp://anonymous:anonymous@IP/FILENAME.TXT bootflash:FILENAME.TXT vrf VRFNAME
Warning: There is already a file existing with this name. Do you want to overwrite (y/n)?[n]

I would like to use some kind of /force flag or something like that.

[Joseph W. Doherty · Accepted solution]

Hmm, don't know if Cisco IOS, even later variant, offer such an option. If not, perhaps you can first try deleting a file of that name?

[DennisRoth]

That's what we are planning to do if there is no "force" option.

[Ben Samayoa]

Hi there,

As Joseph said in the previous comments, the most practical way is to delete/erase the existing file prior copying the new one.