Running config vs startup

Hi.
Smb can answer - how i can replace running config on startup config comlpitly? withou reload cisco. I can't use copy startup runnig config - it is not correct.
Snks.

Yuri
I understand what you are asking is the ability to do a complete replacement of the running config with the content of the startup config. Unfortunately the only way to do that is to reload. The architecture of IOS does not allow a complete replacement while it is running.
Perhaps it will be helpful to understand that the behavior of copy is different depending on which direction it is copying. If you are copying from running to startup then it is a complete replacement. But if you are copying from startup to running then it is not a complete replacement but is an overlay. And you are right that if the running config has a description on an interface and the startup does not, when you copy from startup to running the description will still be there. That is just how IOS works.
The only way that I know of to get what you are asking for is to manually build a config file that will copy some elements from startup to put into running (which replace existing elements - like IP addresses) and then manually put in statements to remove things from running that you no longer want to have there. It is not automated, and I know that is part of what you want. But it is the only way that I know of to get the result that you want.
HTH
Rick

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[###########                             ] 25%
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[###################                     ] 45%
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[########################                ] 59%
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22/06/2012 13:57 1,623 registry.xml
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9 Dir(s) 758,748,934,144 bytes free
>
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2 Dir(s) 758,748,934,144 bytes free
>
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>
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20/01/2010 15:11 828 SETHOM~1.CMD setHomeDirs.cmd
1 File(s) 828 bytes
0 Dir(s) 758,748,606,464 bytes free
>
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