> If you are trying to run commands that don't really exist, > then you need to create a BAT file to run them. > > For example, if you want to do a DIR of a directory, you > can't just run DIR since it doesn't exist. However, you can > wrap it in a BAT file and run the BAT file with no problems. > (I'm using DIR as an example, I forget the actual command I > was trying to use when I found out the hard > way.)
They're not "commands that don't really exist", they're shell commands. If you want to run a shell command from CF without using a batch file, you have to run the shell itself, and pass the command as an argument: <cfexecute name="c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" arguments="/c dir c:\foo" ...> Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:267548 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
