We do the same thing, and use cflog to track files that could not be
deleted - and we also log the files that were cleaned up.... cflog is an
awesome feature in MX...
At 08:11 PM 12/3/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Just a quick note.
>
>I do just this sort of thing to deal with temporary files. It is scheduled
>to run every two hours.
>
>One problem that we came across is if the file is being used. We ended up
>adding a cftry..cfcatch setup to ensure that if one file was being used, the
>cf page would continue with the rest of the files. Without this combo, the
>page would crash at the first file it couldn't delete. This can be a major
>problem if IIS has locked a file.
>
>just my .02
>
>Steve Durette
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 5:15 PM
>Subject: Code Summary: Recursive File Delete
>
>
> > For the benefit of others the following is a summary of the code
> > snippets sent in from the various developers. Thanks to all that
> > responded.
> >
> > Dave Adams
> > CFUG Ottawa
> >
> >
> > <cfexecute
> > name="c:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe"
> > parameters="/c del c:\trash\*.* /q" />
> >
> > OR
> >
> > <cfset mypath = expandpath("my/directory/path") />
> > <cfdirectory action="list" name="rsfile" directory="#mypath#" /> <cfloop
> > query="rsfile">
> > <cfif rsfile.type is "file">
> > <cffile action="delete" file="#mypath#/#rsfile.name#" />
> > </cfif>
> > </cfloop>
> >
> >
> > OR
> >
> > <cfset root="c:\inetpub\wwwroot\yourdirectory\">
> > <cfdirectory name="dGetDir" directory="#root#" action="List"> <cfloop
> > query="dGetDir">
> > <cfif type NEQ "DIR">
> > <cffile action="DELETE" file="#root##dGetDir.name#"
> > variable="content">
> > </cffile>
> > </cfloop>
> >
> > OR
> >
> > <CFSET TargetDir = "c:\foo">
> > <CFDIRECTORY ACTION="LIST" DIRECTORY="#TargetDir#" NAME="TheFiles">
> > <CFLOOP QUERY="TheFiles">
> > <CFIF (Type IS "File") AND (Name IS NOT ".") AND (Name IS NOT
> > "..")>
> > <CFFILE ACTION="DELETE" FILE="#TargetDir#\#Name#">
> > </CFIF>
> > </CFLOOP>
> >
> >
> > OR
> >
> >
> > < cfdirectory action="list" directory="mydirectory" name="dirlist">
> > < cfoutput query="dirlist">
> > < cffile action="delete" file="#name#">
> > < /cfoutput>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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