If you delete a file from a Huawei switch, but the space isn’t freed, you might need to empty the recycle bin…
[S5300]dir
Directory of flash:/
Idx Attr Size(Byte) Date Time FileName
0 -rw- 60 Feb 04 2013 04:00:32 $_patchstate_a
1 -rw- 996 Oct 01 2008 01:01:58 private-data.txt
2 -rw- 836 Jul 09 2018 20:45:20 rr.dat
3 -rw- 15,694,636 Oct 07 2014 18:11:50 s5300si-v200r003c00spc300.cc
4 -rw- 836 Jul 09 2018 20:45:20 rr.bak
5 -rw- 4 Feb 04 2013 04:00:50 notilogindex.txt
6 -rw- 6,808 Feb 04 2013 04:01:12 patchhistory
7 -rw- 1,268 Jul 05 2018 22:11:32 hostkey
8 -rw- 36 Oct 01 2008 01:02:30 $_patchstate_reboot
9 -rw- 738,271 Jan 26 2015 10:46:42 s5300-si-reboot.pat
10 -rw- 900 Jul 05 2018 22:11:50 serverkey
11 drw- - Jul 09 2018 20:46:18 syslogfile
12 drw- - Jul 09 2018 20:46:20 resetinfo
13 -rw- 2,164 Jul 09 2018 22:02:12 vrpcfg.zip
14 drw- - Jan 26 2015 13:46:24 user
15 -rw- 464 May 20 2015 13:12:44 dhcp.tbl
16 drw- - Jan 26 2015 13:48:10 dhcp
17 -rw- 288 May 20 2015 13:17:56 mff.ini
18 -rw- 3,684 Mar 03 2015 13:33:16 $_patch_history
19 -rw- 109,082 Mar 03 2015 13:33:06 s5300si-v200r003sph010.pat
32,593 KB total (4,688 KB free) <==================================
[S5300]rese
[S5300]reset recycle-bin
Squeeze flash:/restore_bre406-lan5324-1_20100618094524.cfg?[Y/N]:y
%Cleared file flash:/restore_bre406-lan5324-1_20100618094524.cfg.
Squeeze flash:/ti430680807e460_v200r003_20150126_1059.cfg?[Y/N]:y
%Cleared file flash:/ti430680807e460_v200r003_20150126_1059.cfg.
Squeeze flash:/s5300si-v100r006c00spc800.cc?[Y/N]:y
%Cleared file flash:/s5300si-v100r006c00spc800.cc.
Squeeze flash:/s5300si-v200r003sph009.pat?[Y/N]:y
%Cleared file flash:/s5300si-v200r003sph009.pat.
Squeeze flash:/s5300si-v200r003sph003.pat?[Y/N]:y
%Cleared file flash:/s5300si-v200r003sph003.pat.
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[S5300]dir
Directory of flash:/
Idx Attr Size(Byte) Date Time FileName
0 -rw- 60 Feb 04 2013 04:00:32 $_patchstate_a
1 -rw- 996 Oct 01 2008 01:01:58 private-data.txt
2 -rw- 836 Jul 09 2018 20:45:20 rr.dat
3 -rw- 15,694,636 Oct 07 2014 18:11:50 s5300si-v200r003c00spc300.cc
4 -rw- 836 Jul 09 2018 20:45:20 rr.bak
5 -rw- 4 Feb 04 2013 04:00:50 notilogindex.txt
6 -rw- 6,808 Feb 04 2013 04:01:12 patchhistory
7 -rw- 1,268 Jul 05 2018 22:11:32 hostkey
8 -rw- 36 Oct 01 2008 01:02:30 $_patchstate_reboot
9 -rw- 738,271 Jan 26 2015 10:46:42 s5300-si-reboot.pat
10 -rw- 900 Jul 05 2018 22:11:50 serverkey
11 drw- - Jul 09 2018 20:46:18 syslogfile
12 drw- - Jul 09 2018 20:46:20 resetinfo
13 -rw- 2,164 Jul 09 2018 22:02:12 vrpcfg.zip
14 drw- - Jan 26 2015 13:46:24 user
15 -rw- 464 May 20 2015 13:12:44 dhcp.tbl
16 drw- - Jan 26 2015 13:48:10 dhcp
17 -rw- 288 May 20 2015 13:17:56 mff.ini
18 -rw- 3,684 Mar 03 2015 13:33:16 $_patch_history
19 -rw- 109,082 Mar 03 2015 13:33:06 s5300si-v200r003sph010.pat
32,593 KB total (15,969 KB free) <==================================
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