SOT: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
Is it possible to create a file system link or symlink with CFMX/Java? TIA Dick Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. - George Carlin - [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
Is it possible to create a file system link or symlink with CFMX/Java? I don't know if there's some Java-specific way to do this, but I'm pretty sure you can do it with CFEXECUTE and your system's command-line interface for creating symbolic links. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ phone: 202-797-5496 fax: 202-797-5444 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
Is it possible to create a file system link or symlink with CFMX/Java? The built-in java.io package doesn't provide any way to do this, because it's a 'nix-specific thing. Can be done in Perl though. Nick [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
Are you trying to access your files across a Network or Remote Server? Yes, we have implemented some Java Classes to accomplish this I.E. File Copy/Delete etc across the Network. Joe - Original Message - From: Dick Applebaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:04 PM Subject: SOT: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java Is it possible to create a file system link or symlink with CFMX/Java? TIA Dick Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. - George Carlin - [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
kind of a long story ... I have lots of files buried in the file structure of the OS (Mac OS X). They consist of audio tracks, images and movies. All of these (and the file structure) are maintained by Apple-supplied iLife programs (iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, etc.) The file names/directory names can contain any valid characters except colon; This naming flexibility gives CFFile fits -- especially names that contain an ampersand () I don't want to interfere with directory structure, I just want to provide an alternate,CF-acceptable path to the files. PHP provides a native capability (non-windows) to create links and symlinks -- I am surprised that Java doesn't have the equivalent. BTW, doesn't windows provide a Alias or pseudo-file capability -- like those little things on the desktop that represent an application contained elsewhere in the file system. TIA Dick On Jun 29, 2004, at 9:38 AM, Joe Eugene wrote: Are you trying to access your files across a Network or Remote Server? Yes, we have implemented some Java Classes to accomplish this I.E. File Copy/Delete etc across the Network. Joe - Original Message - From: Dick Applebaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:04 PM Subject: SOT: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java Is it possible to create a file system link or symlink with CFMX/Java? TIA Dick Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. - George Carlin - [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
BTW, doesn't windows provide a Alias or pseudo-file capability -- like those little things on the desktop that represent an application contained elsewhere in the file system. Those are called shortcuts, and they're not really the same as a symbolic link. They're simply files that contain information about other files, and when the user interacts with them in certain ways, they trigger some action (typically, the execution of some program). Within NTFS, you can actually create symbolic links to directories, but not to files. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ phone: 202-797-5496 fax: 202-797-5444 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
On Jun 29, 2004, at 10:27 AM, Dave Watts wrote: BTW, doesn't windows provide a Alias or pseudo-file capability -- like those little things on the desktop that represent an application contained elsewhere in the file system. Those are called shortcuts, and they're not really the same as a symbolic link. They're simply files that contain information about other files, and when the user interacts with them in certain ways, they trigger some action (typically, the execution of some program). Within NTFS, you can actually create symbolic links to directories, but not to files. OK! Can these file/directory names contain characters like , smart quotes -- any thing that could be found in song titles, etc. If so, can CFMX file access these files on windows (and not on 'Nix). TIA Dick Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. - George Carlin - [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
Can these file/directory names contain characters like , smart quotes -- any thing that could be found in song titles, etc. Almost anything: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=""> /naming_a_file.asp http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_dewey/archive/2004/01/19/60263.aspx If so, can CFMX file access these files on windows (and not on 'Nix). Honestly, I don't know. I would assume so, although how to do so may not be immediately obvious. That is, you may have to escape characters in your CFFILE tag, or something like that. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ phone: 202-797-5496 fax: 202-797-5444 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
I am not sure if this would work (as I am not sure what precicely you are trying to achieve) but would CF mappings help in this case? On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 13:55:58 -0400, Dave Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can these file/directory names contain characters like , smart quotes -- any thing that could be found in song titles, etc. Almost anything: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=""> /naming_a_file.asp http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_dewey/archive/2004/01/19/60263.aspx If so, can CFMX file access these files on windows (and not on 'Nix). Honestly, I don't know. I would assume so, although how to do so may not be immediately obvious. That is, you may have to escape characters in your CFFILE tag, or something like that. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ phone: 202-797-5496 fax: 202-797-5444 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
I remember CYGWIN from redhat included ln.You can use it to create links.I think it worked for files as well as directories. Percy _ From: Mark Drew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 3:56 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java I am not sure if this would work (as I am not sure what precicely you are trying to achieve) but would CF mappings help in this case? On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 13:55:58 -0400, Dave Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can these file/directory names contain characters like , smart quotes -- any thing that could be found in song titles, etc. Almost anything: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=""> /naming_a_file.asp http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_dewey/archive/2004/01/19/60263.aspx If so, can CFMX file access these files on windows (and not on 'Nix). Honestly, I don't know. I would assume so, although how to do so may not be immediately obvious. That is, you may have to escape characters in your CFFILE tag, or something like that. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ phone: 202-797-5496 fax: 202-797-5444 _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
On Jun 29, 2004, at 12:56 PM, Mark Drew wrote: I am not sure if this would work (as I am not sure what precicely you are trying to achieve) but would CF mappings help in this case? I don't think mappings are the answer. Here's an example of the specific problem -- I want to serve an .mp3 (could be a .mov) file from Apples iTunes directory sub-structure which might look as follows: --artist album ---track (song) name or --Willie Nelson Ray Charles unKnown Album --Seven Spanish Angels.mp3 AFAIK, these fields can contain any valid character except colon (:) Now, I get the path to the tracks by parsing an XML file which yields a path: /iTunes Music/Willie Nelson Ray Charles/unKnown Album/Seven Spanish Angels.mp3 If I try to serve this with CFContent : cfcontent type = audio/mp3 file=#FilePath# deleteFile = No CFMX can't find the file -- it barfs on the -- and I don't know how to escape it I suppose I could use a mapping and cflocation, but that exposes my file/directory structure. Dick In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these. - Paul Harvey - [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
Can you create a java.io.File object with the path, and get any attributes (like it's size)?What does getCanonicalPath() return? You on windows, or your Mac?If you're on windows, you could manually conver the directories to the progra~1 style, and then use that. Cheers, barneyb -Original Message- From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 5:19 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java On Jun 29, 2004, at 12:56 PM, Mark Drew wrote: I am not sure if this would work (as I am not sure what precicely you are trying to achieve) but would CF mappings help in this case? I don't think mappings are the answer. Here's an example of the specific problem -- I want to serve an .mp3 (could be a .mov) file from Apples iTunes directory sub-structure which might look as follows: --artist album ---track (song) name or --Willie Nelson Ray Charles unKnown Album --Seven Spanish Angels.mp3 AFAIK, these fields can contain any valid character except colon (:) Now, I get the path to the tracks by parsing an XML file which yields a path: /iTunes Music/Willie Nelson Ray Charles/unKnown Album/Seven Spanish Angels.mp3 If I try to serve this with CFContent : cfcontent type = audio/mp3 file=#FilePath# deleteFile = No CFMX can't find the file -- it barfs on the -- and I don't know how to escape it I suppose I could use a mapping and cflocation, but that exposes my file/directory structure. Dick In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these. - Paul Harvey - [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
Would it be possible for you to do a Replace function on the path before you pass it on to the tag? Just replace the one ampersand with two of them and CF should interpret it correctly. Just an idea... -- Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies http://www.viviotech.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dick Applebaum wrote: On Jun 29, 2004, at 12:56 PM, Mark Drew wrote: I am not sure if this would work (as I am not sure what precicely you are trying to achieve) but would CF mappings help in this case? I don't think mappings are the answer. Here's an example of the specific problem -- I want to serve an .mp3 (could be a .mov) file from Apples iTunes directory sub-structure which might look as follows: --artist album ---track (song) name or --Willie Nelson Ray Charles unKnown Album --Seven Spanish Angels.mp3 AFAIK, these fields can contain any valid character except colon (:) Now, I get the path to the tracks by parsing an XML file which yields a path: /iTunes Music/Willie Nelson Ray Charles/unKnown Album/Seven Spanish Angels.mp3 If I try to serve this with CFContent : cfcontent type = audio/mp3 file=#FilePath# deleteFile = No CFMX can't find the file -- it barfs on the -- and I don't know how to escape it I suppose I could use a mapping and cflocation, but that exposes my file/directory structure. Dick In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these. - Paul Harvey - [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
I actually tried escaping the ampersand with: 2 ampersands \ neither works. Dick On Jun 29, 2004, at 5:32 PM, Jordan Michaels wrote: Would it be possible for you to do a Replace function on the path before you pass it on to the tag? Just replace the one ampersand with two of them and CF should interpret it correctly. Just an idea... -- Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies http://www.viviotech.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dick Applebaum wrote: On Jun 29, 2004, at 12:56 PM, Mark Drew wrote: I am not sure if this would work (as I am not sure what precicely you are trying to achieve) but would CF mappings help in this case? I don't think mappings are the answer. Here's an example of the specific problem -- I want to serve an .mp3 (could be a .mov) file from Apples iTunes directory sub-structure which might look as follows: --artist album ---track (song) name or --Willie Nelson Ray Charles unKnown Album --Seven Spanish Angels.mp3 AFAIK, these fields can contain any valid character except colon (:) Now, I get the path to the tracks by parsing an XML file which yields a path: /iTunes Music/Willie Nelson Ray Charles/unKnown Album/Seven Spanish Angels.mp3 If I try to serve this with CFContent : cfcontent type = audio/mp3 file=#FilePath# deleteFile = No CFMX can't find the file -- it barfs on the -- and I don't know how to escape it I suppose I could use a mapping and cflocation, but that exposes my file/directory structure. Dick In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these. - Paul Harvey - [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
I am on the Mac -- but I want the app to run on windows, too. I will need to do some reading fillding to try the Java suggestions, but I will. IF I can find/access the file with Java, then I guess I will need to read it into a variable so I can serve it with cfcontent. I'd rather just cfcontent the file, but this would be acceptable. Dick leaning towards learning Java -- then I'll really be dangerous! On Jun 29, 2004, at 5:29 PM, Barney Boisvert wrote: Can you create a java.io.File object with the path, and get any attributes (like it's size)? What does getCanonicalPath() return? You on windows, or your Mac? If you're on windows, you could manually conver the directories to the progra~1 style, and then use that. Cheers, barneyb -Original Message- From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 5:19 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java On Jun 29, 2004, at 12:56 PM, Mark Drew wrote: I am not sure if this would work (as I am not sure what precicely you are trying to achieve) but would CF mappings help in this case? I don't think mappings are the answer. Here's an example of the specific problem -- I want to serve an .mp3 (could be a .mov) file from Apples iTunes directory sub-structure which might look as follows: --artist album ---track (song) name or --Willie Nelson Ray Charles unKnown Album --Seven Spanish Angels.mp3 AFAIK, these fields can contain any valid character except colon (:) Now, I get the path to the tracks by parsing an XML file which yields a path: /iTunes Music/Willie Nelson Ray Charles/unKnown Album/Seven Spanish Angels.mp3 If I try to serve this with CFContent : cfcontent type = audio/mp3 file=#FilePath# deleteFile = No CFMX can't find the file -- it barfs on the -- and I don't know how to escape it I suppose I could use a mapping and cflocation, but that exposes my file/directory structure. Dick In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these. - Paul Harvey - [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
Interesting. Mind if I ask what went wrong? Was it passing an incorrect path or was the path not being interpreted correctly? Warm regards, Jordan Dick Applebaum wrote: I actually tried escaping the ampersand with: 2 ampersands \ neither works. Dick On Jun 29, 2004, at 5:32 PM, Jordan Michaels wrote: Would it be possible for you to do a Replace function on the path before you pass it on to the tag? Just replace the one ampersand with two of them and CF should interpret it correctly. Just an idea... -- Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies http://www.viviotech.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dick Applebaum wrote: On Jun 29, 2004, at 12:56 PM, Mark Drew wrote: I am not sure if this would work (as I am not sure what precicely you are trying to achieve) but would CF mappings help in this case? I don't think mappings are the answer. Here's an example of the specific problem -- I want to serve an .mp3 (could be a .mov) file from Apples iTunes directory sub-structure which might look as follows: --artist album ---track (song) name or --Willie Nelson Ray Charles unKnown Album --Seven Spanish Angels.mp3 AFAIK, these fields can contain any valid character except colon (:) Now, I get the path to the tracks by parsing an XML file which yields a path: /iTunes Music/Willie Nelson Ray Charles/unKnown Album/Seven Spanish Angels.mp3 If I try to serve this with CFContent : cfcontent type = audio/mp3 file=#FilePath# deleteFile = No CFMX can't find the file -- it barfs on the -- and I don't know how to escape it I suppose I could use a mapping and cflocation, but that exposes my file/directory structure. Dick In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these. - Paul Harvey - [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
Nothing happened So I added a File Exists test (entire code below) Then tried escaping the BTW, CFContent could not resolve a manually created symlink --- interesting Dick cfsetting enablecfoutputonly=yes / cfoutputbr#Application.Tracks[URL.TID][Location]#/cfoutput !--- Decode the Location URL so we can use it as a file path --- cfset Location = Application.Tracks[URL.TID][Location] / cfset FilePath = URLDecode(ReReplace(Location, file://localhost, )) / !--- cfset FilePath = ReReplace(FilePath, /Users/test/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music, iTunes Music alias) / --- !--- Get the file extension --- cfset FileType = ReReplace(FilePath, .*(\..*$), \1) / cfoutputbr#FilePath#/cfoutput cfoutputbr#FileType#/cfoutput !--- Abort if we can't find the file --- cfif NOT FileExists((FilePath)) cfabort /cfif !--- Serve content based on File Type --- cfif FileType EQ .mov !--- This works for QT .mov files --- CFHEADER NAME=Content-Disposition VALUE=attachment; filename=movie.mov cfcontent type = video/quicktime file=#FilePath# deleteFile = No cfelse !--- this works for mp3 --- CFHEADER NAME=Content-Disposition VALUE=attachment; filename=song.mp3 cfcontent type = audio/mp3 file=#FilePath# deleteFile = No /cfif On Jun 29, 2004, at 6:22 PM, Jordan Michaels wrote: Interesting. Mind if I ask what went wrong? Was it passing an incorrect path or was the path not being interpreted correctly? Warm regards, Jordan Dick Applebaum wrote: I actually tried escaping the ampersand with: 2 ampersands \ neither works. Dick On Jun 29, 2004, at 5:32 PM, Jordan Michaels wrote: Would it be possible for you to do a Replace function on the path before you pass it on to the tag? Just replace the one ampersand with two of them and CF should interpret it correctly. Just an idea... -- Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies http://www.viviotech.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dick Applebaum wrote: On Jun 29, 2004, at 12:56 PM, Mark Drew wrote: I am not sure if this would work (as I am not sure what precicely you are trying to achieve) but would CF mappings help in this case? I don't think mappings are the answer. Here's an example of the specific problem -- I want to serve an .mp3 (could be a .mov) file from Apples iTunes directory sub-structure which might look as follows: --artist album ---track (song) name or --Willie Nelson Ray Charles unKnown Album --Seven Spanish Angels.mp3 AFAIK, these fields can contain any valid character except colon (:) Now, I get the path to the tracks by parsing an XML file which yields a path: /iTunes Music/Willie Nelson Ray Charles/unKnown Album/Seven Spanish Angels.mp3 If I try to serve this with CFContent : cfcontent type = audio/mp3 file=#FilePath# deleteFile = No CFMX can't find the file -- it barfs on the -- and I don't know how to escape it I suppose I could use a mapping and cflocation, but that exposes my file/directory structure. Dick In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these. - Paul Harvey - [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
