On 31 Aug 2000, Michael Shields wrote:

In article <39AE8767.637432A6@NorthShoreTechnologies.net>, Steve Sobol <sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net> wrote:

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Now that I think about it, though, VMS has file extensions, doesn't it? (Been a while since I last used VMS.) I don't know if the

extensions

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are treated the way DOS and Windows treats extensions, though.

I am fairly sure that IOS and JUNOS do not have file extensions. -- Shields.

They have them in much the same way Unix has them - as part of the filename without any real meaning. As JUNOS is Unix with a CLI over it, this shouldn't surprise anyone: admin@tr1.ATL> show log kerne? Possible completions: <filename> Log file to display kernelrouting.log Size: 1052760, Last changed: Jun 30 00:32 kernelrouting.log.0 Size: 5242909, Last changed: Jun 30 00:30 kernelrouting.log.1 Size: 5243175, Last changed: Jun 30 00:28 kernelrouting.log.2 Size: 5242944, Last changed: Jun 30 00:27 kernelrouting.log.3 Size: 5243085, Last changed: Jun 30 00:27 % ls -la k* -rw-r--r-- 1 root bin 1052760 Jun 30 00:32 kernelrouting.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root bin 5242909 Jun 30 00:30 kernelrouting.log.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root bin 5243175 Jun 30 00:28 kernelrouting.log.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root bin 5242944 Jun 30 00:27 kernelrouting.log.2 For Cisco gear, file name extensions are also common on the Flash file system. tr1.nyc3#sh fl -#- ED --type-- --crc--- -seek-- nlen -length- -----date/time------ name 1 .. image EEFF1347 92FB14 23 9501332 Jul 13 2000 05:58:37 gsr-k4p-mz.120-11.S.bin Daniel Golding