Sorry for the confusion. I meant "OS" rather than "Java". It's been a long week for me. ;^)
If you are on *nix, there is a built-in tail command. The Windows 2003 Resource Kit includes the tail command for that platform. http://malektips.com/xp_dos_0001.html http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4 ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en You could shell out (CFEXECUTE) the tail command to get those lines. m!ke -----Original Message----- From: C S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:35 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CF8: Reading a file from the end instead of the beginning? >I haven't tried it myself, but Java does have a "tail" command that >should do exactly what you want. > >m!ke Michael, I have done some searching, but I am still unclear on the "tail" command. I may be overlooking the obvious, as I have not had my full measure of coffee yet ;-) Can you tell me a bit more the "tail" command you had in mind? It sounds intriguing, but is it part of core java or an external lib/program? Is it for all platforms? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:305011 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
