"as regards file handling" below should read "and file handling features, also,"...
Regards, Joel Parramore > -----Original Message----- > From: Joel Parramore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 11:53 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Running CF as command line tool > > > I've never tried using cfml.exe directly --- you'll have to let me know h > ow > that works. > > You could write your CF templates and use the CF Administrator to run > scheduled tasks to carry them out, or run them using a browser directly. > Or, getting even more baroque, use Perl to make a HTTP request to your CF > templates on your server... > > Perl provides a fairly decent database interface using the DBI module - -- > what database features (as regards file handling) do you miss compared to > ColdFusion? (I'm just curious... I'm not *trying* to start a huge Perl > versus CF discussion... I tend to use both CF and Perl as needed... :-) > > Regards, > Joel Parramore > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: stas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 11:36 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Running CF as command line tool > > > > > > I am wondering what it takes to run CF to perform certain tasks > > that are not > > not web related... as one would use PERL. I've started learning PERL a > few > > months ago as a tool to do some local data cleansing, etc... but I s ti > ll > > miss the facilities CF provides for database and file interaction. I kn > ow > > that you could just run cfml.exe mypage.cfm - but what about STDIN/OU T > > issues? Thanks! > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server · PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
