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Date Accessed with cfdirectory

Mar 22, 2007 10:23 AM

Is there a way to retrieve "Date Accessed" using cfdirectory in CF6.1?

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I am upgrading \ cleaning a site for a client, from CF5 to CF6.1 (for now)
There are 4k+ cf files, many of which are named "copy of..." or "act_fileName1, 2, 3...cfm", and many more have been copied to another directory.
I need to determine which files are actually being used.
My plan is to 'touch' the files, setting date accessed to '1/1/2007 1:00PM' and have testers run through the site.
This would tell me which files are actually being used, but I would like to use cfdirectory to list these files for me.

I am open to alternative suggestions.
290 Views   6 Replies   Latest reply: kyle969, Mar 22, 2007 1:06 PM
 
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  • jdeline
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    1. jdeline,
    Mar 22, 2007 10:44 AM   in reply to kyle969
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    <CFDIRECTORY NAME="foo" ACTION="list" ... > returns several variables, two of which are the file name dateLastModified. The concept code below should give you the idea.
     
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  • kyle969
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    2. kyle969,
    Mar 22, 2007 10:46 AM   in reply to kyle969
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    Thanks, but I need #foo.dateLastAccessed# {not modified}
     
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    3. kyle969,
    Mar 22, 2007 10:48 AM   in reply to kyle969
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    I would also like it to be recursive ( I am using CF6.1)
     
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    4. jdeline,
    Mar 22, 2007 11:22 AM   in reply to kyle969
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    You may be stuck.

    In Windows Explorer, I right click a file and view properties. The last accessed date is the date and time of the right click. Similar to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principal, the mere act of getting the "last accessed" date/time of a file requires that the file be accessed. Catch 22.

    Your best bet is probably your Web logs, where you can get not only the last accessed, but the frequency of access, time of day, etc.
     
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    5. kyle969,
    Mar 22, 2007 12:27 PM   in reply to kyle969
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    cfdirectory is not setting the date accessed, I checked the logs, it only records the page requested, index.cfm, not templates.

    That gave me an idea to write a script to log accessed files in CF, but again, it wouldn't record templates. I am going to try writing a shell script to set modified dtm to accessed dtm. I will post if it works.
     
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    6. kyle969,
    Mar 22, 2007 1:06 PM   in reply to kyle969
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    That would have taken too long. I came up with this:

    C:\Inetpub\wwwroot>ls -Rutla > files.txt

    With a little RegEx fiddling, I can get my list.
     
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