Skip file when creating archive of cisco flash

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I'm using the following command to create an archive of all the files on the cisco device:

archive tar /create tftp://192.168.1.1/everything.tar flash:

That normally works fine, but on devices with a file called multiple-fs I see:

%Error opening flash:/multiple-fs (Permission denied)

...despite being connected as a super user.

Is it possible to skip that file and archive all other files?

Not that I'm aware of -- short of list each file individually. There's no --exclude like GNU Tar or rsync. — Ricky, Commented Oct 10, 2017 at 5:24
Is it possible to do a dir and somehow pipe it to archive? (minus the multiple-fs file of course...) — Fidel, Commented Oct 10, 2017 at 6:44
Please check this supportforums.cisco.com/t5/network-management/…. TCL can be used to solve the problem. — Viktor Borisov, Commented Oct 10, 2017 at 12:47
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Golgot · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-10 13:14:20Z

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I remember a similar issue on a really old 3550. This was a bug (this file is supposed to be readable).

Upgrade your switch

answered Oct 10, 2017 at 13:14

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