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Chapter 37: Managing Files on the Server
About file management
ColdFusion lets you access and manage the files and directories on your ColdFusion server. The
cffile
tag has several attributes for moving, copying, deleting, and renaming files. You use the
cfdirectory
tag to list, create, delete, and rename directories. The
cfcontent
tag lets you define
the MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) content type that returns to the web
browser.
Using cffile
You can use the
cffile
tag to work with files on the server in several ways:
•
Upload files from a client to the web server using an HTML form
•
Move, rename, copy, or delete files on the server
•
Read, write, or append to text files on the server
You use the
action
attribute to specify any of the following file actions:
upload
,
move
,
rename
,
copy
,
delete
,
read
,
readBinary
,
write
, and
append
. The required attributes depend on the
action
specified. For example, if
action="write"
, ColdFusion expects the attributes associated
with writing a text file.
Note:
Consider the security and logical structure of directories on the server before allowing users
access to them. You can disable the
cffile
tag in the ColdFusion MX Administrator. Also, to access
files that are not located on the local ColdFusion MX system, ColdFusion services must run using an
account with permission to access the remote files and directories.
Uploading files
File uploading requires that you create two files:
•
An HTML form to specify file upload information
•
An action page containing the file upload code
The following procedures describe how to create these files.
To create an HTML file to specify file upload information:
1
Create a ColdFusion page with the following content:
<head><title>Specify File to Upload</title></head>
<body>
<h2>Specify File to Upload</h2>
<!--- the action attribute is the name of the action page --->
<form action="uploadfileaction.cfm"
enctype="multipart/form-data"
method="post">
<p>Enter the complete path and filename of the file to upload:
<input type="file"
name="FiletoUpload"
size="45">
</p>
<input type="submit"
value="Upload">
</form>
</body>
2
Save the file as uploadfileform.cfm in the myapps directory under your
web_root
and view it in
the browser.
Summary of Contents for ColdFusion MX
Page 1: ...Developing ColdFusion MX Applications...
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Page 52: ...52 Chapter 2 Elements of CFML...
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Page 218: ...218 Chapter 10 Writing and Calling User Defined Functions...
Page 250: ...250 Chapter 11 Building and Using ColdFusion Components...
Page 264: ...264 Chapter 12 Building Custom CFXAPI Tags...
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Page 314: ...314 Chapter 14 Handling Errors...
Page 344: ...344 Chapter 15 Using Persistent Data and Locking...
Page 349: ...About user security 349...
Page 357: ...Security scenarios 357...
Page 370: ...370 Chapter 16 Securing Applications...
Page 388: ...388 Chapter 17 Developing Globalized Applications...
Page 408: ...408 Chapter 18 Debugging and Troubleshooting Applications...
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Page 426: ...426 Chapter 19 Introduction to Databases and SQL...
Page 476: ...476 Chapter 22 Using Query of Queries...
Page 534: ...534 Chapter 24 Building a Search Interface...
Page 556: ...556 Chapter 25 Using Verity Search Expressions...
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Page 582: ...582 Chapter 26 Retrieving and Formatting Data...
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Page 734: ...734 Chapter 32 Using Web Services...
Page 760: ...760 Chapter 33 Integrating J2EE and Java Elements in CFML Applications...
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