Upload and Delete not working together

[kwillis-Oln3Ca]

I have cfm app that is uploading a file from the client computer to a server directory successfully. Now i want to delete the file on the client computer after verifing upload. i have the app verifing upload, but i get an error when trying to delete file. the error indicates that syntax is bad, file is not present (which it is) or tag is invalid. i have been through the docs and have used the "result" attribute per documentation instructions when using two cffile tags in the same .cfm page. anyone ever run into this one? Solutions?

[Newsgroup_User]

you can't delete a file on a client's computer!!!
just imagine what could happen if you could do that! you come to my
website, which runs a little cffile behind the scenes on pageload, and
wipes your whole boot drive clean!!!


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Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com

[Newsgroup_User · Accepted solution]

Azadi wrote:
> you can't delete a file on a client's computer!!!
> just imagine what could happen if you could do that! you come to my
> website, which runs a little cffile behind the scenes on pageload, and
> wipes your whole boot drive clean!!!
>
>

You could not do that well with just cffile. You would also need to use
cfdirectory!

A small bit of humor to reiterate that YOU CAN NOT DELETE FILES FROM THE
CLIENT! And it would be an incredibly bad idea if you could.

[kwillis-Oln3Ca]

okay, okay. point taken. hadn't considered that due to the fact that my app is on my intranet. please don't hate me.