CFFILE ACTION = APPEND | |
Description
Appends text to a text file on the server. | |
Syntax<cffile action = "append" file = "full_path_name" output = "string" addNewLine = "Yes" or "No" attributes = "file_attributes_list"> mode = "mode" charset = "charset_option" > | |
See also
cfdirectory |
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History
New in ColdFusion MX: on Windows platforms, the temporary, archive, and system options of the attributes attribute are deprecated. Do not use them in new applications. They might not work, and might cause an error, in later releases. New in ColdFusion MX: this action attribute option supports the charset attribute.
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Example
This example appends a text string to the file fieldwork.txt: <cffile action = "append" file = "c:\files\updates\fieldwork.txt" output = "<b>But Davis Square is the place to be.</b>"> |
ACTION | |
Required | |
Type of file manipulation that the tag performs. |
FILE | |
Required | |
Absolute pathname of file on web server to which to append content of output attribute. On Windows, use backward slashes; on UNIX, use forward slashes. |
MODE | |
Optional | |
Applies only to Solaris and HP-UX. Permissions. Octal values of Unix chmod command. Assigned to owner, group, and other, respectively. For example:
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OUTPUT | |
Required | |
String to append to the file. |
ADDNEWLINE | |
Optional | |
Default value: "Yes"
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ATTRIBUTES | |
Optional | |
One attribute (Windows) or a comma-delimited list of attributes (other platforms) to set on the file. If omitted, the file's attributes are maintained. Each value must be specified explicitly. For example, if you specify attributes = "readOnly", all other attributes are overwritten.
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CHARSET | |
Optional | |
Default value: "UTF-8"
The Java character set name used for the file contents. The following values are typically used:
For a list of character sets, see:http://www.w3.org/International/O-charset-lang.html |