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ColdFusion Move File

Print Version

You can use the cffile tag to move a file from one location on the server to another. You also have the opportunity to rename the file if you wish.

Example of Moving a File

The following code moves the source file to the location specified with the destination attribute.

<cffile action="move"
	source="C:\docs\accessLog.txt"
	destination="C:\docs\accessLog_backup.txt">

Optional Attributes

If required, you can use any of the following attributes:

mode
Allows you to set permissions on Unix platforms.
attributes
Allows you to specify whether the file should be read only, hidden, or normal.
charSet
Lets you specify the character set to use. For example, UTF-8, ISO-8859-1, UTF-16 etc

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