<CFFile> move files From folder A to Folder B

The basic code that was provided helped as a guide. I am working with it further to tailor it to my own system.

If you have control over the server in question, a windows batch file or unix shell script would be a lot simpler than using cold fusion.

Hi There,

This would be accomplished in a two step process.

You should be able to copy and paste code below into a .cfm

page and then replace the  the square brackets [ ] and content

within with the information for your system and you should be

good to go.

Then to run this on a specified date, time etc., you setup a

scheduled task in the CF Administrator or use the <cfschedule>

to launch the process at the desired intervals.

Hope this helps you out.

Leonard

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Copy everything below here

<!--- Step 1:
Use the <cfdirectory tag to retrieve a listing for files within a given
folder/directory. This information will be stored in a query record
which can later be used in your <cffile> tag for moving files.
--->

<cfdirectory
directory="[Drive Letter]:\[path_to]\folder_a\"
action="list" <!--- List files in directory in a query record --->
name="dirFiles" <!--- Same as a query name --->
<!--- filter="*.pdf" Only affects files with .pdf extension (remove for all files) --->
recurse="no"
type="File"> <!--- List only the filename --->

<!--- Use the code below on the same page as the <cfdirectory> to see the
contents of the desired folder --->

<cfoutput query="dirFiles">
<p>#name#</p>
</cfoutput>

<!--- Step 2:
Then to move the files to folder b, insert the following code on the page.
Using the <cfloop> tag with a query attribute, will loop through the
results from the <cfdirectory> process and move each file to folder b.
--->

<cfloop query="dirFiles">
<cffile
action="move"
destination="[Drive Letter]:\[path_to]\folder_b\"
source="[Drive Letter]:\[path_to]\folder_a\#name#">
</cfloop>

cffile can move files.  If you tried and were unsuccessful, post the code and results.

On your admin page, you can set up scheduled jobs.