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{{ Warning | <b> | {{ Warning | <b> If device has a directory named "flash" in its file list, then files which you want to be kept after system reboot/power cycle must be stored within it. As anything outside of it is kept within a RAM disk and will be lost upon reboot. Note: this does not include .npk upgrade files as they will be applied by upgrade process before system discards the RAM drive content. </b><br /> }} | ||
Revision as of 13:18, 3 September 2015
Applies to RouterOS: v3, v4 +
Summary
Sub-menu level: /file
File menu shows all user space files on the router. It is possible to see and edit file content or delete file. file creation is not possible from this menu, to create files see scripting examples for workaround.
If RouterOS ".npk" package is uploaded, file menu will also show package specific information, like architecture, build date and time, etc.
File content example:
[admin@dzeltenais_burkaans] /file> print # NAME TYPE SIZE CREATION-TIME 0 autosupout.rif .rif file 357368 oct/05/2010 09:47:01 1 sample.txt .txt file 230 oct/11/2010 12:14:43 [admin@dzeltenais_burkaans] /file> set 1 contents=Hello [admin@dzeltenais_burkaans] /file> print detail where name~"sample" 1 name="sample.txt" type=".txt file" size=5 creation-time=oct/11/2010 12:15:38 contents=Hello [admin@dzeltenais_burkaans] /file>
Package example:
[admin@493G] /file> print detail 0 name="multicast-5.0rc2-mipsbe.npk" type="package" size=245643 creation-time=jan/05/1970 21:44:25 package-name="multicast" package-version="5.0rc2" package-build-time=oct/11/2010 06:34:02 package-architecture="mips"
Warning: If device has a directory named "flash" in its file list, then files which you want to be kept after system reboot/power cycle must be stored within it. As anything outside of it is kept within a RAM disk and will be lost upon reboot. Note: this does not include .npk upgrade files as they will be applied by upgrade process before system discards the RAM drive content.
Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| contents (string; Default: ) | Actual content of the file. |
Read-only properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| creation-time (time) | Time when file was created |
| name (string) | Name of the file |
| package-architecture (string) | Architecture that package is built for. Applies only to RouterOS ".npk" files. |
| package-built-time (string) | Time when package was built. Applies only to RouterOS ".npk" files. |
| package-name (string) | Name of the installable package that. Applies only to RouterOS ".npk" files. |
| package-version (string) | version of the installable package that. Applies only to RouterOS ".npk" files. |
| size (integer) | File size in bytes |
| file type (string) | Type of the file. For folders file type is directory |