Using CFFILE to copy an FTP file 1

[Sinbad]

I would like to copy a file from another website in which the file name is ftp://159.247.160.79/pub/data/bill_info.txt onto my web server. Can I do this using CFFILE? Or how can this be done? Thank You. Allan Jagos
Web Developer
Robinson & Cole LLP

http://www.rc.com

 

[MorganGreylock]

CFFILE is mainly for local file access between the server and client... for an outside site, you need to use CFFTP:

Try this:

<cfftp action = &quot;getfile&quot;
username = &quot;anonymous&quot;
password = &quot;none&quot;
remotefile=&quot;/pub/data/bill_info.txt&quot;
server = &quot;159.247.160.79&quot;
localfile=&quot;e:\inetpub\

http://wwwroot\blah.txt&quot;

>

<a href=&quot;/blah.txt&quot;>view file contents</a>


Once you have the file (here stored locally as blah.txt) you can do with it as you want. Then you can use CFFILE to move it around or something, if you want it in another dir, rename it, etc.

Hope that helps,

MG

 

[Sinbad]

Thanks a lot. Never used <cfftp> before and it worked great! Allan Jagos
Web Developer
Robinson & Cole LLP

http://www.rc.com