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Using the cfcompile utility 83
The following table describes these parameters:
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You can use the
cfcompile
utility with the
-deploy
option to create ColdFusion pages (CFM,
CFC, and CFR files) that contain Java bytecode. You can then deploy the bytecode versions of the
ColdFusion pages instead of the original CFML source code.
Use the following command to compile CFML files into bytecode format that you can deploy
instead of CFML source code:
cfcompile -deploy webroot directory-to-compile output-directory
The following table describes these parameters:
After you run the
cfcompile
utility, perform the following steps:
1.
Back up your original CFML files
2.
Copy the generated bytecode CFML files to the original directory
3.
Deploy the application.
Tip: The J2EE Archive screen of the ColdFusion MX Administrator lets you create an EAR or WAR
file that contains bytecode versions of your application’s CFML files.
Parameter Description
webroot Fully qualified path to the web server root; for example,
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot or C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot.
directory-to-compile Fully qualified path to the directory where the files to be compiled are
located. This directory must be under the webroot directory. If not
specified, all ColdFusion templates in the webroot directory are compiled.
Parameter Description
webroot Fully qualified path to the web server root; for example,
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot or C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot.
directory-to-compile Fully qualified path to the directory where the files to be compiled are
located. This directory must be under the webroot directory. This is
required for the
-deploy
option.
output-directory Fully qualified path to the directory to contain the compiled deployable
files. This cannot be the same directory as the source directory.