Archiving files in Juniper SRX devices

The operational "> file archive" Junos command will archive files and compress them optionally.

Although the output of following command shows the current working directory for the user:

Code:

user@srx-220> file archive compress source ?
Possible completions:
  <source>             Path of directory to archive
  COS-config.conf      Size: 151632, Last changed: Apr 16 15:30:14

The actual command does not use the same directory. Example:

Code:

user@srx-220> file archive compress source COS-config.conf destination COS-config.conf.tgz 
/usr/bin/tar: COS-config.conf: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

user@srx-220> file archive compress source COS-config.conf destination COS-config.conf.tgz | display xml 
<rpc-reply xmlns:junos="http://xml.juniper.net/junos/12.1X44/junos">
    <output>
        /usr/bin/tar: COS-config.conf: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
        /usr/bin/tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
    </output>
    <rpc>
        <file>
            <file-fetch>
                <source-filename>/var/tmp//COS-config.conf.tgz3sFg</source-filename>
            </file-fetch>
        </file>
    </rpc>
    <rpc>
        <file>
            <file-put>
                <source-filename>/var/tmp//COS-config.conf.tgz3sFg</source-filename>
                <destination-filename>COS-config.conf.tgz</destination-filename>
            </file-put>
        </file>
    </rpc>
    <cli>
        <banner></banner>
    </cli>
</rpc-reply>

So the actual directory by the "file archive" command to find the source file is "/var/tmp/".

Instead, use absolute paths to the source and destination files:

Code:

user@srx-220> file archive compress source /cf/var/home/user/COS-config.conf destination /cf/var/home/user/COS-config.conf.tgz 
/usr/bin/tar: Removing leading `/' from member names

I will open a PR with Juniper engineering soon (can't commit on a date).