Good information, thanks. But the core here was I do want a return code from <cfexecute> which it doesn't appear to do, although a try/catch does seem to give some useful information.
My work around to all of this has been a series of using <cfexecute> to do a chmod on the files first to make sure the permissions are what I want, then calling <cf_local_to_local> by Rizal Firmansyah to do the copy and then finally <cfexecute> to do a chgrp at the end so that the correct people can get to the files. Shawn McKee -----Original Message----- From: Larry W. Virden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 9:35 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Directory copies on UNIX systems from: Shawn McKee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >If I do this: > > <cfexecute name="/bin/cp" arguments="-R -p #dirName1# #dirName2#/fred" >outputfile="#outName#/cpOut"></cfexecute> > >where 'fred' doesn't exist I get this in the output file: > >/bin/cp: cannot create directory `/ftp/ahb/ahb/bkm/fred': No such file or >directory > >If it succeeds the file is empty > >Neither case is a "single integer." > >Documentation says this: > >outputFile - Optional. The file to which to direct the output of the >program. If not specified, the output is displayed on the page from which it >was called. > >This is all CF5 on RH-Linux > >Shawn Shawn, I don't know how Linux works, but both GNU's cp and Solaris's cp does this: $ gcp -R -p /tmp/lwv /tmp/lwv26 $ In other words, no output is produced. There is a $? return code that is 'returned' - but it's not output to stdout or stderr. -- Support Internet Radio <URL: http://saveinternetradio.org/ > Larry W. Virden <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL: http://www.purl.org/NET/lvirden/> Even if explicitly stated to the contrary, nothing in this posting should be construed as representing my employer's opinions. -><- ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com 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
