I agree with Barney just deleting the directory and recreating it. Having to get a list of everything in the directory and then loop through that list and delete each item one-by-one seems "dirty" to me.
That being said, if you do want to go the list/loop/delete route, I would suggest using CF's java capabilities to do it. cfdirectory/cffile can kill a CF server if there are a lot of files or the files are large. I once tried the cfdirectory/cffile approach on a directory that contained a large amount of images (about 2 gigs worth) and it croaked. I changed it to use Java and it was able to do it. This should help: http://www.cfgears.com/index.cfm/2009/5/19/Tapping-in-to-ColdFusions-underlying-Java-capabilities Thanks, Eric Cobb http://www.cfgears.com Barney Boisvert wrote: > If you don't mind synchronizing, you can just delete the directory (as > you are now) and then recreate an empty one after you're done. > Otherwise you'll need to use CFDIRECTORY to get a list of the > contained files and delete them individually with CFFILE. > > cheers, > barneyb > > On Monday, November 9, 2009, Damo Drumm <damien.dr...@quinn-group.com> wrote: >> Hi >> Im trying to delete all the contents within a folder using coldfusion, but >> its deleting the actual folder each time >> >> The contents of the folder contains be PDF's >> >> has anyone any tips on deleting the contents and not the actual folder >> >> Thanks >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:328133 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
