Adobe ColdFusion 8

FileDelete

Description

Deletes the specified file on the server.

Category

System functions

Function syntax

FileDelete(filepath)

See also

FileClose, FileIsEOF, FileOpen, FileRead, FileReadLine, FileWrite, cffile

History

ColdFusion 8: Added this function.

Parameters

Parameter

Description
filepath

Pathname of the file to delete. If not an absolute path (starting with a drive letter and a colon, or a forward or backward slash), it is relative to the ColdFusion temporary directory, which is returned by the GetTempDirectory function.

Example

The following example deletes the file c:\productiondir\test1.txt before moving c:\testdir\test1.txt:

<h3>FileDelete Example</h3>

<cfset sourcefile="c:\testdir\test1.txt">
<cfset destinationfile="c:\productiondir\test1.txt">

<cfif FileExists(#sourcefile#)>
    <cfif FileExists(#destinationfile#)>
        <cfoutput>The destination file already exists.<br>
            Deleting previous copy of #destinationfile#.<br>
            Moving: #sourcefile# <br>
            To: <br> #destinationfile#.</cfoutput><br>
        <cfscript>
            FileDelete(#destinationfile#);
            FileMove(#sourcefile#, #destinationfile#);
        </cfscript>
    <cfelse>
        <cfscript>
            FileMove(#sourcefile#, #destinationfile#);
        </cfscript>
        <cfoutput>Moved: #sourcefile# <br>
            To: <br> #destinationfile#.</cfoutput><br>
    </cfif>
<cfelse>
    <cfoutput>The source file does not exist.</cfoutput><br>
</cfif>