Re: Wildcard characters in filepath?

2008-08-31 Thread Claude Schneegans
Is there some way I can use cfhttp to access the files listed on the web page and download them? No, in order to use CFFTP, you need some FTP account on the aimed server. I click on the link and it takes me to a page in the browser that lists the files I need. Ok, then you do have the name of

RE: Wildcard characters in filepath?

2008-08-31 Thread Rick Faircloth
Thanks for the tips, Claude! -Original Message- From: Claude Schneegans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 9:42 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Wildcard characters in filepath? Is there some way I can use cfhttp to access the files listed on the web page

Wildcard characters in filepath?

2008-08-30 Thread Rick Faircloth
How can I use wildcard characters in a file path? Is it possible? I have a data vendor that makes data available for download using file paths that use as part of the path, .../2008_0830_103028/ In other words the paths are auto-generated and include the year, date, hour/minute/second, in

RE: Wildcard characters in filepath?

2008-08-30 Thread Dave Phillips
Have you tried: /2008_0830_??/ ? That's how you would do it at the command line in windows anyway. Dave -Original Message- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 10:56 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Wildcard characters in filepath? How can I use

Re: Wildcard characters in filepath?

2008-08-30 Thread Claude Schneegans
How can I use wildcard characters in a file path? In a file path for what ? If it is for an HTTP request, the answer is no. If it is for CFFILE, it is still no. Using wild cards could mean that several files could be returned, and both HTTP and CFFILE can deal with only one file at a time.

RE: Wildcard characters in filepath?

2008-08-30 Thread Rick Faircloth
:08 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Wildcard characters in filepath? How can I use wildcard characters in a file path? In a file path for what ? If it is for an HTTP request, the answer is no. If it is for CFFILE, it is still no. Using wild cards could mean that several files could

RE: Wildcard characters in filepath?

2008-08-30 Thread Justin D. Scott
The files would follow this format: II20080830_033219_ACR.log If you're downloading via FTP then you can get a list of the remote files, then loop through the resulting query object to look for the files you want. From the filenames it looks like you're downloading images from MLXchange. I'm

RE: Wildcard characters in filepath?

2008-08-30 Thread Rick Faircloth
Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 1:54 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Wildcard characters in filepath? The question would really just apply to files. I would be automating a daily download from a specific directory to which I have access. The files would follow

RE: Wildcard characters in filepath?

2008-08-30 Thread Rick Faircloth
wildcards at all. Thanks for the tip! Rick -Original Message- From: Justin D. Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 2:04 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Wildcard characters in filepath? The files would follow this format: II20080830_033219_ACR.log If you're

Re: Wildcard characters in filepath?

2008-08-30 Thread Claude Schneegans
The question would really just apply to files. Well, it DOES depend on how you want and can finally get the file. Is the file on YOUR server, or somewhere else. Is the file accessible through HTTP, FTP ? If the file is not on your server, surely you cannot use CFdirectory. If you only have HTTP

Re: Wildcard characters in filepath?

2008-08-30 Thread Claude Schneegans
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RE: Wildcard characters in filepath?

2008-08-30 Thread Rick Faircloth
, but can't. Is there some way I can use cfhttp to access the files listed on the web page and download them? -Original Message- From: Claude Schneegans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 3:56 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Wildcard characters in filepath? using so