cfftp GetFile ?

[beenawhile]

Am I missing something with the cfftp tag?
I'm assuming that the localfile attribute is referring to the user's computer? So if a user clicks a form button to "get the file", and the processing script looks like this:

<cfftp
connection = "theConnection"
action = "getFile"
transferMode = "binary"
localFile = "C:\seminartest\seminars.mdb"
remoteFile = "D:\websites\domainnamehere\htdocs\clients\seminars\seminars.mdb"
failifexists = "no">

shouldn't the remote file be downloaded to the user's C: drive in the directory specified?

When I do this I get an error:
The cause of this exception was that: C:\seminartest\seminars.mdb (The system cannot find the path specified).

But the directory and the file in it do exist.

Thanks! You guys are great,
Al

[paross1]

The localFile attribute refers to the CF server, not the client, and remoteFile refers to the far end computer.

Phil

[Guest]

To transfer a file from the users computer (client) to the server, use <CFFILE ACTION="upload" ...>

[SafariTECH]

yep, CFFTP is for server > server action only