source
Source a configuration to merge a script file into the running configuration or verify the
syntax of a configuration file.
Warning
You are not able to source a complete configuration file to merge it with your running
configuration because the system can crash. Use the source command to merge smaller
portions of a configuration into the existing configuration.
Important
Do not source a verbose configuration (verbose.cfg) with the debug stop option. The
sourcing process cannot complete if you use these two options with a verbose
configuration.
Syntax
-
source
WORD<1-99>
-
source WORD<1-99>
debug
-
source WORD<1-99>
debug stop
-
source WORD<1-99>
debug stop syntax
-
source WORD<1-99>
debug syntax
-
source WORD<1-99>
stop
-
source WORD<1-99>
stop syntax
-
source WORD<1-99>
syntax
Command Parameters
- debug
- Debugs the script by outputting
the configuration commands to the screen.
- stop
- Stops the sourcing of a
configuration if an error occurs.
- syntax
- Checks the syntax of the
configuration file. This parameter does not load the configuration file; only
verifies the syntax.
- If you use this parameter with the
stop parameter (source WORD<1-99> stop syntax), the output appears on screen
and verification stops if it encounters an error.
- If you use this parameter with the
debug parameter (source WORD<1-99> debug syntax), the output does not stop
if it encounters an error; you must review the on-screen output to verify if an
error exists.
- If you use this parameter by
itself, it does not output to the screen or stop on error; it shows an error
message, "syntax errors in script", to indicate if errors exist in the
configuration file.
- WORD<1-99>
- Specifies a filename and
location.
Command Mode
Privileged EXEC
