Like Dave said. And see http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/7/31/Using-CFEXECUTE-To-Execute-Com mand-Line-Utilities
--- Ben -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:33 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Using CF to run BAT files > 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:267552 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
