Deleting file containing colon (:) from bootflash:

Sasha Dundovic · ‎11-29-2011

Due to typo, I ended up having 0 Byte file named something like (no quotes):

"D:Tblahblah_etc_blah"

created on bootflash: volume. Due to the ':' (colon) sign in filename I couldn't delete it after trying all known approaches. Does anybody know how to perform deletion?

Regards,

S.

darren.g · ‎11-29-2011

Sasha Dundovic wrote:

Due to typo, I ended up having 0 Byte file named something like (no quotes):

"D:Tblahblah_etc_blah"

created on bootflash: volume. Due to the ':' (colon) sign in filename I couldn't delete it after trying all known approaches. Does anybody know how to perform deletion?

Regards,

S.

You say "all possible metods" - what possible methods have you tried?

Have you done

del "D:Tblahblah_etc_blah" including the " marks?

Cheers.

Amit Singh · ‎11-29-2011

Please paste the output of dir bootlash: and let us kmow that commands you have tried to delete the file.

Sasha Dundovic · ‎11-30-2011

Here's the bootflash: content :

-----

47 Nov 15 13:45:56 2011 ..tmp-kickstart

37 Nov 15 13:46:01 2011 ..tmp-system

20699136 Nov 15 13:45:56 2011 .tmp-kickstart

74281634 Nov 15 13:46:01 2011 .tmp-system

0 Nov 15 13:30:34 2011 D:Tn4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g

.bin

49152 Nov 15 13:45:55 2011 lost+found/

20798976 Nov 15 13:37:08 2011 n4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin

74337505 Nov 15 13:41:53 2011 n4000-bk9.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin

4096 Mar 02 06:04:34 2011 vdc_2/

4096 Mar 02 06:04:34 2011 vdc_3/

4096 Mar 02 06:04:34 2011 vdc_4/

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The file in question is 'D:Tn4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin'. So far I tried:

del D:Tn4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin

del 'D:Tn4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin'

del "D:Tn4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin"

del D*.bin

del D*

del bootflash:D:Tn4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin

del bootflash:D*

but I always get either:

No such file or directory

or

% Invalid URI path at '^' marker.

Honestly, to me, it's a bug. System shouldn't allow creating such filename.

darren.g · ‎12-04-2011

Sasha Dundovic wrote:

Here's the bootflash: content :

-----

47 Nov 15 13:45:56 2011 ..tmp-kickstart

37 Nov 15 13:46:01 2011 ..tmp-system

20699136 Nov 15 13:45:56 2011 .tmp-kickstart

74281634 Nov 15 13:46:01 2011 .tmp-system

0 Nov 15 13:30:34 2011 D:Tn4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g

.bin

49152 Nov 15 13:45:55 2011 lost+found/

20798976 Nov 15 13:37:08 2011 n4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin

74337505 Nov 15 13:41:53 2011 n4000-bk9.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin

4096 Mar 02 06:04:34 2011 vdc_2/

4096 Mar 02 06:04:34 2011 vdc_3/

4096 Mar 02 06:04:34 2011 vdc_4/

-----

The file in question is 'D:Tn4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin'. So far I tried:

del D:Tn4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin

del 'D:Tn4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin'

del "D:Tn4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin"

del D*.bin

del D*

del bootflash:D:Tn4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin

del bootflash:D*

but I always get either:

No such file or directory

or

% Invalid URI path at '^' marker.

Honestly, to me, it's a bug. System shouldn't allow creating such filename.

Try

del D\:Tn4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin

or

del "D\:Tn4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin"

or

del D?Tn400-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin

Cheers

Sasha Dundovic · ‎01-24-2012

Took me a while to get back to this problem.....The latest suggestions didn't work, too. Here's the output:

---

INDRK2CH1SWA# del D\:Tn4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin

^

% Invalid URI path at '^' marker.

INDRK2CH1SWA# del "D\:Tn4000-bk9-kickstart.4.1.2.E1.1g.bin

"

^

% Invalid URI path at '^' marker.

---

In attempt to even type '?' (question mark) it fails immediately:

---

INDRK2CH1SWA# del D?

^

% Invalid command at '^' marker.

?

---

I still believe this is a bug.

Regards,

S.

Vivek Ganapathi · ‎01-24-2012

Hi Sasha,

Probably, if your aim is to just delete off that file, then you may try for this option.

1)Enable SCP server on the switch

2) Use some SCP software like WinSCP to access the switch.

3) Delete off the file from the flash

Do let me know if this helps. Will wait for your reply.

Thanks

Vivek

Sasha Dundovic · ‎01-24-2012

I have Nexus 4000 runnning system version 4.1(2)E1(1g). As I know (may be wrong), SCP server is supported starting with version 5? I don't see SCP server option in feature list:

NY5SWA(config)# feature ?

fip-snooping Enable/Disable fip-snooping

interface-vlan Enable/Disable interface vlan

lacp Enable/Disable LACP

lst Enable/Disable LST(Link State Tracking)

private-vlan Enable/Disable private-vlan

ssh Enable/Disable ssh

tacacs+ Enable/Disable tacacs+

telnet Enable/Disable telnet

udld Enable/Disable UDLD

Vivek, thanks for your suggestion, but it seems that's not an option in my case.

Regards,

S.

Leo Laohoo · ‎01-24-2012

Ok, try this ...

COPY everything you want from the bootflash to your TFTP server or a USB stick (that's properly formatted and inserted to this appliance).

Next, format the current bootflash (command: format bootflash:). Once the format is done, copy back the files with the IOS going in first.

Sasha Dundovic · ‎01-24-2012

I'm aware that this is a possibility, but it's a 'brute force' one. I was trying to find out if there's some specific syntax to be used in order to delete this kind of filename in a regular way. Why? Because I want to clear out that there's no syntax that can delete this before contacting Cisco support to report this. Even being probably a minor glitch, system shouldn't allow you to create such filename if you can't delete it later, right?

Regards,

S.