Deleteing files and directorys

[manuel.dennis]

I have loaded an IOS update to a Cisco 3560 switch.  After loading and cleanup I have a directory left over from the old IOS that causes me problems, but I can't delete it or the sub directory or file in it.   Any suggestions would be appreciated.  Shown below is from the CLI.  c3560-ipservicesk9-mz.122-58.SE2.bin is the current IOS.  Ignore the file dates.  I had to do a password restore and load system defaults because the previous SA left a mess behind when he left.

Manny

Switch#dir flash:
Directory of flash:/

    2  -rwx         616   Mar 1 1993 00:31:12 +00:00  vlan.dat
    3  -rwx    15965969   Mar 1 1993 00:50:21 +00:00  c3560-ipservicesk9-mz.122-58.SE2.bin
    4  -rwx        3096   Mar 1 1993 00:03:01 +00:00  multiple-fs
    5  -rwx        1919   Mar 1 1993 00:03:06 +00:00  private-config.text
    6  drwx         128   Mar 1 1993 00:21:40 +00:00  c3560-ipservices-mz.122-35.SE5
  464  -rwx        2573   Mar 1 1993 00:03:06 +00:00  config.text

32514048 bytes total (14361600 bytes free)

Switch#dir flash:/c3560-ipservices-mz.122-35.SE5
Directory of flash:/c3560-ipservices-mz.122-35.SE5/

    8  drwx        4160   Mar 1 1993 00:09:15 +00:00  html
  463  -rwx         440   Mar 1 1993 00:09:52 +00:00  info

32514048 bytes total (14361600 bytes free)

Switch#del /force flash:/c3560-ipservices-mz.122-35.SE5:info
%Error deleting flash:/c3560-ipservices-mz.122-35.SE5:info (No such file or directory)

Switch#delete /force flash:c3560-ipservices-mz.122-35.SE5
%Error deleting flash:c3560-ipservices-mz.122-35.SE5 (Is a directory)

[Somasundaram Jayaraman · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Can you try the below command

delete /force/recursive flash:/c3560-ipservices-mz.122-35.SE5/c3560-ipservices-mz.122-35.SE5.bin

Hope this helps

Cheers

Somu

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[manuel.dennis]

BINGO!!!!!!

delete /force/recursive flash:/c3560-ipservices-mz.122-35.SE5/c3560-ipservices-mz.122-35.SE5.bin

worked like a champ!

Saw it first , so I didn't get a chance to try del /force flash:/ c3560-ipservices-mz.122-35.SE5/info.  It may have worked too, but no way I'm going backwards to find out.

Thanks for the help.

Manny

[cadet alain]

Hi,

del /force flash:/c3560-ipservices-mz.122-35.SE5:info

%Error deleting flash:/c3560-ipservices-mz.122-35.SE5:info (No such file or directory)

it should be  

del /force flash:/ c3560-ipservices-mz.122-35.SE5/info

If somu command doesn't work then delete both files in the directory this way then delete the empty directory and it should work.

Regards.

Alain.