Thanks for the replies, Rob & Ryan... I found out what the issue was...it wasn't the use of the #name# variable. I had the wrong directory for the remote file. Actually I didn't specify a directory in the getFile operation, because I thought by logging in to the appropriate directory for the listDir operation, I would be in the right directory for the getFile operation. Wrong assumption...
All is working well now. Thanks, Rick On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Ryan Letulle <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can't comment on using name but I do use localfile and remotefile for my > variable names. I cfset them with the entire path before using the cfftp > tag. (i.e <cfftp localfile="#localfile#" ... > > I was just doing this about 10 minutes ago. > > -- > Ryan > > > > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Rick Faircloth <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > Why do I get the error, "the system cannot find the file specified" when > I > > used this line: > > > > localFile = > > > "f:\inetpub\webroot\real_estate_data\smlc\daily_downloads\zip_files\#name# > > > > as part of this code: > > > > <cfftp connection = "lskdjf" > > action = "getFile" > > passive = "yes" > > remoteFile = "#name#" > > localFile = > > > "f:\inetpub\webroot\real_estate_data\smlc\daily_downloads\zip_files\#name#" > > failIfExists = "yes" > > timeout = "600000" > > stopOnError = "yes"> > > > > It seems, based on the documentation, that localFile ought to be a file > > that > > exists already on the local system. > > However, that doesn't make a lot of sense. There no way to know what the > > file name will be. And other uses > > of cfftp getFile have allowed a variable...just name the same name as the > > remoteFile. I gave it a different name. > > > > Can the localFile filename not be #name# ? > > > > Rick > > > > > > -- > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad > > reputation." Henry Kissinger > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:322851 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
