# Edit

Use the Edit button to view and edit the selected file. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor. Use the Backspace key to delete characters. Other editing capabilities of your windowing system may also be available.

If the file is on a remote router, it is copied to a temporary directory. The Save option writes your changes back to the original file location. The Save As option prompts you for a file name, which may be in a different directory if you specify a pathname.

A file larger than 256K bytes cannot be edited. This is a safeguard against opening a binary image file.

# Arrows

Use the left and right arrow buttons to transfer files between the remote file system and the local file system using rcp (remote file copy).

If rcp fails, it may be because the router is not set up properly for it, or because it does not support rcp. Verify that the router meets remote setup requirements.

# Delete

Use the Delete button to delete the selected file. The device is not squeezed (compare Erase).

Remote files may be deleted only on 7200 and 7500 series routers, which support the SNMP delete operation.

# Erase

Use the Erase button to erase the device partition and squeeze it, that is, reclaim flash memory spaces for use.

This option is only supported on the 7000 and 7010 routers.

# Squeeze

Use the Squeeze button to reduce the size of a flash memory device after deleting files. (This function reclaims memory spaces that have been marked deleted.)

The squeeze function is supported only on 7200 and 7500 series routers.

# Temporary Directory

The temporary directory for editing a remote file on a UNIX platform is /tmp. On Windows NT platforms, it is the directory named in the environment variable TMP or TEMP, with \TMP as the default.