erase {checkpoint <CHECKPOINT-NAME> | startup-config | all}

Syntax

erase {checkpoint <CHECKPOINT-NAME> | startup-config | all}

Description

Deletes an existing checkpoint, startup configuration, or all checkpoints.

Command context

Manager (#)

Parameters

{checkpoint <CHECKPOINT-NAME> | startup-config | all}

Selects whether a specified checkpoint or a startup configuration will be removed. Required.

checkpoint <CHECKPOINT-NAME>

Specifies that the named checkpoint will be erased. The checkpoint name can be alphanumeric. It can also contain underscores (_) and dashes (-). Required.

startup-config

Specifies the startup configuration to be erased.

all

Specifies that all checkpoints to be erased.

Authority

Administrators

Examples

Erasing checkpoint ckpt1:

switch# erase checkpoint ckpt1

Erasing the startup configuration:

switch# erase startup-config

Erasing all checkpoints:

switch# erase checkpoint all