User Guide

FileExists 585
FileExists
Description
Determines whether a file exists.
Returns
Yes, if the file specified in the parameter exists; No, otherwise.
Category
System functions, Decision functions
Function syntax
FileExists(absolute_path)
See also
DirectoryExists
, ExpandPath, GetTemplatePath
Parameters
Usage
To access a file on a remote system, the account (for Windows) or user (for UNIX and Linux) that
is running ColdFusion must have permission to access the file, directory, and remote system. For
example, if you run ColdFusion MX in the Server Configuration as a Windows service, by default
it runs under the local system account, which does not have sufficient privileges to access remote
systems. You can change this, however, on the Log On page of the Services Properties dialog box.
Example
<h3>FileExists Example</h3>
<cfset thisPath = ExpandPath("*.*")>
<cfset thisDirectory = GetDirectoryFromPath(thisPath)>
<cfoutput>
The current directory is: #GetDirectoryFromPath(thisPath)#
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.yourFile")>
<cfif FORM.yourFile is not "">
<cfset yourFile = FORM.yourFile>
<cfif FileExists(ExpandPath(yourfile))>
<p>Your file exists in this directory. You entered
the correct file name, #GetFileFromPath("#thisPath#/#yourfile#")#
<cfelse>
Parameter Description
absolute_path An absolute path