how to retrieve IOS image using RANCID?

[john heasley]

Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 11:57:57AM -0700, Stephen Miller:
> 
> do you want to add the IOS images to CVS? you should be able to...just not sure
> if you want to...the space could be large depending on how many devices and what
> the image size is, normally about 8+ megs now. You could just modify a login
> script and use the -c option with, "copy flash:image ftp://ftpserver", which
> should do it. Then just cron that....but you wouldn't get the change if one
> occurred...but you would still have the old and new images. 

if you happen to do something like this... those are, of course, binary
files.  to have cvs handle them properly, you have to use the -k option
of the add command.  ie:

	cvs add -kb imagefilename

> steve
> 
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: john heasley <heas at shrubbery.net>
> To: Alex Zheng <azheng at monterey.k12.ca.us>
> Cc: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
> Sent: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 17:34:56 -0800
> Subject: Re: how to retrieve IOS image using RANCID?
> 
> > Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 04:48:08PM -0800, Alex Zheng:
> > > 
> > > Anyone used Rancid to retrieve IOS images from a router? And how if anyone 
> > > knows?
> > > 
> > > Thanks.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Alex
> > 
> > You;ll have to provide a better description of what you're trying to do.
> > 
> > the two possibility that come to mind of what you might be trying are
> > definitely possible. :)
> ------- End of Original Message -------