just read my last post - should have been more consise:
is it possible to move a file on an ftp server using cfftp or even a COM
object? I would prefer cfftp.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Cantrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 10:39 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: managing remote files
>
>
>
> Hello, I recently discovered that it was not possible to access files on a
> mapped drive using the common cffile/cfdirectory tags. I have set up ftp
> and am accessing the directory structure via cfftp. It works great, but I
> have a few concerns:
>
> would it be bad to set the initial connection name as an application
> variable so that all users may share the same connection? If not, I open
> the initial connection upon user login - setting the connection name as a
> session variable - works fine, not a big deal, but is there a point where
> too many simultanious ftp socket connections can hinder the network
> performance on a windows2000 box? It should probably never go over 400
> connections since both my my session time out and ftp timeout
> are set to 20
> minutes.
>
> also,
>
> is it possible to move remote files within the directory structure without
> having to get the file and then put it back in the target directory? It
> wouldn't be a big deal if I had to because our network is tied
> together by a
> 100Mbps switch, and the files rarely scale over 30K, but why create
> unecessary bandwidth overhead and disk I/O on the client side (webserver),
> when I could send a simple command to accomplish it remotely. If this is
> possible to do, it seems to be undocumented by allaire or Ben
> Forta (unless
> I overlooked something). I know gui clients like cuteFTP or
> wsFTP allow for
> this, so I presume this is in the protocol's RFC (could be wrong,
> maybe it's
> a dirty shortcut that the gui clients use and CF is the 'compliant' one,
> gasp).
>
> one last thing,
>
> I am currently using microsoft's ftp software that comes with IIS 5 on
> windows2000 advanced server? Is this fairly robust (don't flame me for
> using such a marketing-centric cliche)? Should I be using a 3rd party ftp
> app?
>
>
> Thanks friends, Adam.
>
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