Name

write — command

Synopsis

write erase
write memory
write network
write terminal

Description

The write commands are used to work with the current configuration. They are obsolete and have been replaced by the copy, show, and erase commands. Table 17-29 shows the correspondence between the two sets of commands.

Table 17-29. Write commands and their equivalents

Write command

Equivalent

write erase

erase startup-config

write memory

copy running-config startup-config

write network

copy running-config tftp

write terminal

show running-config

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