Re: Editing Files In-Line
It will have to open it up. Use That should getcha! Paul Giesenhagen QuillDesign - Original Message - From: Richard Crawford To: CF-Talk Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 11:29 AM Subject: Editing Files In-Line Is there a way in Cold Fusion to make changes to a text file without actually opening that file? Suppose, for example, that I have a file "myfile.html" which contains the string "***REPLACE_THIS***". How can I have Cold Fusion replace that string in the file? ~| [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Editing Files In-Line
Richard Crawford wrote: Is there a way in Cold Fusion to make changes to a text file without actually opening that file? Well, that really depends on what you mean by open. Regardless though, you can accomplish what you're looking for... Suppose, for example, that I have a file myfile.html which contains the string ***REPLACE_THIS***. How can I have Cold Fusion replace that string in the file? Your code would look something like: !--- Read contents of file to a variable --- CFFILE ACTION=Read FILE=C:\Temp\myFile.html VARIABLE=fileContents !--- Replace place holder text --- CFSET fileContents = Replace(fileContents, ***REPLACE THIS***, Hi Mom!) !--- Overwrite file with new contents --- CFFILE ACTION=Write FILE=C:\Temp\myFile.html OUTPUT=#fileContents# The above code would replace the place holder text with Hi Mom. -- Mosh Teitelbaum evoch, LLC Tel: (301) 942-5378 Fax: (301) 933-3651 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=i:4:138144 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
RE: Editing Files In-Line
Then if need be, you can do a cffile with action="" to write out the modified file, or just dump sFileContent to the client. This may not be the most elegant solution, but it'll work... (a regular _expression_ replace might be much more efficient). Shawn -Original Message- From: Richard Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 10:29 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Editing Files In-Line Is there a way in Cold Fusion to make changes to a text file without actually opening that file? Suppose, for example, that I have a file "myfile.html" which contains the string "***REPLACE_THIS***". How can I have Cold Fusion replace that string in the file? ~| [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Editing Files In-Line
H. now that mail is being sent as HTML, I'm not seeing tags that are being discussed -Original Message- From: Paul Giesenhagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 10:34 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Editing Files In-Line It will have to open it up. Use That should getcha! Paul Giesenhagen QuillDesign - Original Message - From: Richard Crawford To: CF-Talk Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 11:29 AM Subject: Editing Files In-Line Is there a way in Cold Fusion to make changes to a text file without actually opening that file? Suppose, for example, that I have a file "myfile.html" which contains the string "***REPLACE_THIS***". How can I have Cold Fusion replace that string in the file? ~| [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Editing Files In-Line
Richard Crawford wrote: >Is there a way in Cold Fusion to make changes to a text file without >actually opening that file? *something* will have to open it. :-) >Suppose, for example, that I have a file "myfile.html" which contains >the string "***REPLACE_THIS***". How can I have Cold Fusion replace >that string in the file? Use CFFILE to read the file into a variable. Then do a Replace() on the desired string. Then use CFFILE to write the altered variable value to a 'new' file (or overwrite the old one). Matt Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSB Designs, Inc. http://mysecretbase.com ~| [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: Editing Files In-Line
This is the code I'm using: cffile action=copy mode=0777 source=/space/usr/jrun4/servers/default/cfusion/DLC/include/disboard/wwwboard.html destination=/space/usr/jrun4/servers/default/cfusion/DLC/Campus/Courses/#course.xURL#/extras/disboard/#nNumber#/ cffile action=read file=/space/usr/jrun4/servers/default/cfusion/DLC/Campus/Courses/#course.xURL#/extras/disboard/#nNumber#/wwwboard.html variable=thisFile cfset thisFile=ReplaceNoCase(thisFile, actionurl, http://unexdlc.ucdavis.edu/DLC/Campus/Courses/#course.xURL#/extras/disboard/#nNumber#/wwwboard.pl;) cffile action=write file=/space/usr/jrun4/servers/default/cfusion/DLC/Campus/Courses/#course.xURL#/extras/disboard/#nNumber#/wwwboard.html output=#thisFile# addnewline=no Unfortunately, this does not seem to be working. Any thoughts? Help! ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=i:4:138158 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
Re: Editing Files In-Line - SOLVED
I figured it out. My file was being changed successfully, but then being overwritten by the original file because of a cffile action=copy tag that I'd forgotten to remove. So now I am off to get another cup of coffee. Oy. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=i:4:138180 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
