This
If the FileName is /usr/homes/user21/pic.jpg
Do this
<CFSET FileName = GetFileFromPath(/usr/homes/user21/pic.jpg)>
The result will be that #FileName# has the value of "pic.jpg"
Herman
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: CF-Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 12:47 PM
Subject: Upload of Files with CF
> I'm writing a CF Application which I want a user to be able to use a
> file browser dialog box to specify an image file to be uploaded to my CF
> server. I also want to save the name of the file into a database.
>
> I'm using <input type="FILE" name="image_file_name"> to bring up a file
> browser dialog box for the user to select the image file for upload.
> This returns the fully qualified file name which I can use as the source
> file for the CFFILE tag.
>
> The image_file_name is returned containing something like
> C:\windows\dir2\myfile.jpg or /usr/local/graphics/myfile.jpg
>
> I need to know what is the best CF function to use to strip off the
> filename (eg, myfile.jpg) from the fully qualified directory and
> filename?
>
> Also any thoughts on how to handle Unix style filenames where the
> directory / is a forward slash rather than the backwards DOS \?
>
> I would like my web application to be able to be used by people with
> browsers on both Unix and Windows based systems.
>
> Best Regards. Paul
>
>
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