Why not:
<cfif FileExists("location_of_my_file")>
<cffile .......>
</cfif>
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Billy Cravens
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"DeVoil, Nick" wrote:
>
> One way - just do the <CFFILE ACTION="Delete"> but put a CFTRY/CFCATCH
> round it to trap the error in case the file doesn't exist.
>
> Nick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Watkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 2:39 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Checking and deleting files
>
> Can someone help me on checking for and then deleting a file?
> I need to check to see if the file 'output.xls' exists and then if it does
> delete it. Currently I use following but seems to be rather crude:
>
> <CFFILE ACTION="Write" FILE="d:\templates\output.xls" Output="Contents">
> <CFFILE ACTION="Delete"FILE="d:\templates\output.xls">
>
> Jim Watkins
> http://www.ngtcollege.org
>
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