Re: [nsp] ! comments

From: Rafi Sadowsky (rafi@meron.openu.ac.il)
Date: Tue Jan 09 2001 - 08:38:09 EST


Hi Hank

 This can be done by copying to "startup-config"
But no syntax(or any other) checks are done - so better be *very* sure
that the file is 100% OK

 Also "write mem" will(I think) erase all your comments ;-(

Regards
        Rafi

On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, George Robbins wrote:

> You're forgetting that Cisco doens't really preserve the textual config,
> when you do a "write" the config is regenerated from internal data
> structures. Comments (or more accurately descriptive text) are preserved
> only where there's something to hang them on, such as an interface, BGP
> session or access list, not just at random places in the config file.
>
> One way around this is to maintain text-based configs on a server and have
> the router tftp the config when booting.
>
> George
>
>
> > Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 13:21:39 +0200
> > To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
> > From: Hank Nussbacher <hank@att.net.il>
> > Subject: [nsp] ! comments
> >
> > Is there a new command yet in IOS that will allow me to save the ! comments
> > inline in the online config file? If so, what version?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Hank
> >
>
>



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