If the files on the remote server are web accessible then you could use <cfhttp method="get" ...>
hth Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Colman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 8:09 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Reading file contents > > I wish to read the contents of a file on a remote server via ftp. > > The lame approach appears to be: > > <cfftp action="EXISTSFILE" ... See if file is there > > <cfif CFFTP.succeeded is "yes"> > > <cfftp connection="coda" action="getfile" ... Get the file from the remote > server and write it to the disk on the host server. > > <cffile action = "read" ... Read the contents of the file from the local > server and do somethig with it. > > Is there a better, faster way to do this, since I have many read operations > in a single template. > > TNX for any ideas on how to make this quicker and more efficient > > Richard Colman > 949-824-1816, 701-5330 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:213709 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
