cffile action = "rename"

Description

Renames or moves a file on the server.

Syntax

<cffile  
    action = "rename" 
    destination = "pathname"  
    source = "full pathname" 
    attributes = "file attributes list" 
    mode = "mode">
Note: You can specify this tag’s attributes in an attributeCollection attribute whose value is a structure. Specify the structure name in the attributeCollection attribute and use the tag’s attribute names as structure keys.

See also

cfdirectory

History

See the History section of the main cffile tag page.

Attributes

Attribute

Req/Opt

Default

Description

action

Required

Type of file manipulation that the tag performs.

destination

Required

Destination file or directory. If not an absolute path, it is relative to the source directory.

source

Required

Pathname of file to rename.

If not an absolute path (starting with a drive letter and a colon, or a forward or backward slash), it is relative to the ColdFusion temporary directory, which is returned by the GetTempDirectory function.

attributes

Optional

Applies to Windows. A comma-delimited list of attributes to set on the file.

If omitted, the file's attributes are maintained.

Each value must be specified explicitly. For example, if attributes="readOnly", all other attributes are overwritten.

  • readOnly

  • hidden

  • normal

mode

Optional

Applies only to UNIX and Linux. Permissions. Octal values of UNIX chmod command. Assigned to owner, group, and other. For example:

  • 644: assigns read/write permission to owner; read permission to group and other.

  • 777: assigns read/write/execute permission to all.

Usage

The rename action renames or move a file. The destination attribute must be a pathname, not just a new name for the file. If the destination is a directory, the file is moved and not renamed.

Example

Windows example:

<!--- Source Document is read-only but when renamed it becomes normal (not hidden or  
    read-only). ---> 
<cffile action = "rename" source = "c:\files\memo\readonlymemo.doc"  
    destination = "c:\files\memo\normalmemo.doc" attributes="normal">

UNIX example:

<cffile action = "rename" source = "#myWR#/memo/sample.txt"  
    destination = "#myWR#/memo/other_sample.txt" mode="666">