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cffile 113
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
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.
file Required Pathname of the file to which to append content of
output
attribute.
If not an absolute path (starting a 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.
mode Optional Applies only to UNIX and Linux. Permissions. Octal values of
Unix chmod command. Assigned to owner, group, and
other, respectively. For example:
• 644: Assigns read/write permission to owner; read
permission to group and other
• 777: Assigns read/write/execute permission to all
output Required String to append to the file.
addNewLine Optional Yes • Yes: appends newline character to text written to file
• No