[c-nsp] write mem vs copy run start

[Ziv Leyes]

I use just "wr" for saving configuration, much shorter, and I'll keep using it until it stops doing what I need, the day Cisco makes this command obsolete I'll start using the longer ones...
Same case with "wr net" which I use to manually save configurations to a tftp server, for about 5 years now, every time I use this command I get this warning:
This command has been replaced by the command:
         'copy system:/running-config <url>'

And I say, as long as this command is still available, why should I start using the new, longer one?
To Cisco guys I'd say If you want to stop supporting a certain command and want to move on to new commands format, why keep stucking the old commands in the new IOSes???
I know that you need backward compatibility, but geesh, I'm talking about 5 years since I'ev got the first warning about the tftp write command...

Ziv




-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Gert Doering
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 8:21 AM
To: adrian kok
Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] write mem vs copy run start

Hi,

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 07:04:07AM +0800, adrian kok wrote:
> Can I know what is the different between write mem and copy run start

Lots of different letters being used.

Regarding actual effect: both commands do the very same thing.  "wr mem"
is the "IOS 10.x style" command, while "copy X Y" is the grand unified way of moving things that has been introduced later on.

gert
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