List files in different system directory

[dinoviapangea]

How can I list the contents of a directory that is not on the server I am using. I know I can use CFDIRECTORY to list contents of any directory on the Coldfusion server but what about another server or system?

Thanks

 

[csteinhilber]

What type of server do you mean?

If it's a web server, the web server would have to permit directory listings. Then it's usually accomplished by accessing the directory path as an URL (make sure the directory doesn't contain a default document, like index.cfm or default.htm, etc).

So, for example,

http://somedomain/mypath/mydirectory/

would give you a directory listing of
f:\html\

http://wwwroot\mypath\mydirectory

or whatever. But, again, the server must be set to permit it.


If you're talking a box with an FTP server on it, you can call CFFTP like:

<CFFTP action=&quot;LISTDIR&quot; name=&quot;qryDirList&quot; directory=&quot;f:\html\[URL unfurl="true"]wwwroot\mypath\mydirectory&quot;[/URL] ...>
<CFDUMP var=&quot;#qryDirList#&quot;>

Otherwise, you'd need to set up an "agent" page on the server B that does a CFDIRECTORY (or equivilent, if it doesn't run ColdFusion). Then the page on server A would do a CFHTTP to request that page, and grab the CFFILE.filecontents that's returned.


Those are the only ways I know to do it... other than through a file share/samba... but then you'd just use CFDIRECTORY like you normally would, and specify the mapped drive/directory as if it were a local path.








-Carl