Yeah, CFEXECUTE is a much better option. I built a recursive directory parser that takes function arguments for the actual processing to do at each level. I use it for a myriad of things, not just deleting stuff, so it's the solution at the front of my mind. Deleting a directory happens rarely enough that performance isn't much of a concern to me. I can also get a list of what would be deleted first, filter by extension, or whatever else very easily. CFEXECUTE is all or nothing.
I also built a custom profiling framework and use the directory parser to convert comments of the form <!---PROFILE:custom profiling message---> into the appropriate code and then back to comments. Very nice since I can change the code required by the framework and easily update my entire source tree (70,000 lines in several thousand files) in one fell swoop. Guess what how I got those counts? ;) It's really handy, although I use it much more for administrative tasks, rather than actual application functionality. cheers, barneyb --- Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer AudienceCentral [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice : 360.756.8080 x12 fax : 360.647.5351 www.audiencecentral.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 12:59 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Deleting an entire folder > > > > You have to manually go through and delete all the files > > and directories within it first. big pain, especially if > > you have nested directories. However, recursive CFFUNCTION > > calls makes it much easier. > > Yikes! I'd recommend using CFEXECUTE to do this through your shell with a > single command instead. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > voice: (202) 797-5496 > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
