Save a Configuration to a File

You might want to save the configuration to a file so that you can edit it with a text editor of your choice. You can save your current configuration to an ASCII file, which saves the configuration in its current form, including any uncommitted changes. If more than one user is modifying the configuration, all changes made by all users are saved.

To save software configuration changes to an ASCII file, use the save configuration mode command:

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user@host# save filename 

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user@host#

By default, the configuration is saved to a file in your home directory, which is on the flash disk. For information about specifying the filename,