Cisco switch backup utility

You can download my simple telnet based Cisco switch configuration backup utility from the link below.
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Download :

Perl source :
Simple Cisco switch telnet backup utility (Log in before downloading this file !)

Pre-compiled Win32 executable :
Simple Cisco switch telnet backup utility (executable) (Log in before downloading this file !)

Usage :

When running the script without parameters, you’ll get the following “usage” information :

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 Cisco switch config backup utility
 Written by Peter Van Eeckhoutte
 Version 1.0
 (c) 2009
 http://www.corelan.be:8800
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  usage: pveciscobackup.pl <hostsfile> <ip of tftp> <enable password>
              [<telnet password> <telnet username>]

The script has 3 mandatory parameters :

the name (full path) of the file that contains the host names or IP address of the switches to backup. (only one entry per line)
the IP address of your tftp server
the enable password

You can add 2 more optional parameters :

a telnet password (in case the telnet password is different than the enable password)
a telnet username (in case a telnet username is required)