I think, at least as far as remote access to ftp sites are concerned (which is part of my issue), I see in the docs that I can use "listdir" in cfftp to get the files in a directory, so that solves the download side.
And I read in this blog: http://www.bennadel.com/index.cfm?dax=blog:1221.view can a pipe can be used to provide multiple filters to do this: <cfdirectory action="list" directory="#ExpandPath( './' )#" listinfo="name" filter="anna.*|ben.*" name="qFile" /> And a ? can be used to designate single-characters wild cards. Thoughts on this? Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 1:54 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Wildcard characters in filepath? > > The question would really just apply to files. I would be automating > a daily download from a specific directory to which I have access. > > The files would follow this format: > > II20080830_033219_ACR.log > > Everything but the hour/minute/second part is consistent each day: > > II20080830_xxxxxx_ACR.log > > The x's are where I need variable characters since that's the exact > hour/minute/second the file is created. > > But thinking about your comments about using cfdirectory, would I be > able to access the directory the files are in each day, get a list, > and download them via ftp each day? > > Can cfdirectory read a remote directory and provide a list of files? > > I glanced around the docs and google but didn't see an answer, so thought > it'd just be quicker to ask than research all day. > > Rick > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Claude Schneegans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 1:08 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Wildcard characters in filepath? > > > > >>How can I use wildcard characters in a file path? > > > > In a file path for what ? > > If it is for an HTTP request, the answer is no. > > If it is for CFFILE, it is still no. > > Using wild cards could mean that several files could be returned, and > > both HTTP and CFFILE can deal with only one file at a time. > > > > However, you could use CFDIRECTORY action="list" with a filter to get > > the name of the file. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:311841 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
