I was just going to suggest this but had already deleted the previous messages. You said that the employee does not want to display their picture, so you must know this from somewhere in the database, right? Use that to decide if you even need to check for the file in the first place...
> Is it necessary to use OS-level file permissions to keep those photos fro m > being shown? I don't know what else you do with these files, but if it's > only your CF app accessing and displaying them, you could keep a simple > boolean field within a database table that tells you whether or not to sh ow > the image. > > Jim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray Bujarski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 2:58 PM > Subject: Roadblock!! file permissions > > > > I am trying to display a image of employees belonging to a director. > > Some of the images exists, some of them don't, some of the images exist > > without read permissions due to the employee not wanting their picture > shown. > > How can test the permissions of this file? FileExist(/photo/11.jpg) > > returns true for those without read permissions. > > I tried reading the file via cffile, but that doesn't work because it w ill > > just terminate processing. > > I tried to jimmy rig the reading by cftry where I set a variable in the > > catch. Doesn't work. > > I tried to use cfexecute with the ls command (unix os) but it can't > > recognize the ls command > > > > > > Ray Bujarski > > 858-845-7669 > > 858-636-9900 pgr > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server � PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
