How to Specify Filenames and URLs

In some CLI commands and configuration statements—including file copy, load, save, set system login user user-name authentication load-key-file, and request system software add—you can include a filename. You can specify a filename or URL in one of the following ways:

• filename—File in the user's home directory (the current directory) on the local flash disk.
• path/filename—File on the local flash disk.
• /var/filename or /var/path/filename—File on the local hard disk.
• a:filename or a:path/filename—File on the local drive. The default path is / (the root-level directory). The removable media can be in MS-DOS or UNIX (UFS) format.
• hostname:/path/filename, hostname:filename, hostname:path/filename, or scp://hostname/path/filename—File on an scp/ssh client. This form is not available in the worldwide version of the JUNOS software. The default path is the user's home directory on the remote system. You can also specify hostname as username@hostname.
• ftp://hostname/path/filename—File on an FTP server. You can also specify hostname as username@hostname or username :password@hostname. The default path is the user's home directory. To specify an absolute path, the path must start with %2F; for example, ftp://hostname/%2Fpath/filename. To have the system prompt you for the password, specify prompt in place of the password. If a password is required, and you do not specify the password or prompt, an error message is displayed:

user@host > file copy ftp://username@ftp.hostname.net//filename 

file copy ftp.hostname.net: Not logged in.

user@host > file copy ftp://username:prompt@ftp.hostname.net//filename 

Password for username@ftp.hostname.net:

• http://hostname/path/filename—File on an HTTP server. You can also specify hostname as username@hostname or username :password@hostname. If a password is required and you omit it, you are prompted for it.
• re0:/path/filename or re1:/path/filename—File on a local Routing Engine.