System functions

Function

Description

DirectoryCopy

Copies the contents of a directory to a destination directory.

DirectoryCreate

Creates a directory in a specified path.

DirectoryDelete

Deletes a directory in a specified path.

DirectoryExists

Checks if a directory exists in a specified path.

DirectoryList

Lists the directory and returns the list of files.

DirectoryRename

Renames a specified directory.

Duplicate

Returns a clone, also known as a deep copy, of a variable or XML object.

ExpandPath

Creates an absolute, platform-appropriate path that is equivalent to the value of relative_path, appended to the base path.

FileClose

Closes an on-disk or in-memory file that is open.

FileCopy

Copies the specified on-disk or in-memory source file to the specified destination file.

FileDelete

Deletes a specified file in the server.

FileExists

Determines whether a file exists.

FileIsEOF

Determines whether ColdFusion has reached the end of the file while reading it.

FileMove

Moves a file from a source location to a destination location.

FileOpen

Checks if a file is open in a specified location.

FileRead

Reads an on-disk or in-memory text file or a file object.

FileReadBinary

Reads an on-disk or in-memory binary file.

FileReadLine

Returns the next line from a file.

FileSeek

Shifts the file pointer to a specified position.

FileSetAccessMode

Sets the attributes of an on-disk file on UNIX or Linux.

FileSetAttribute

Sets the attributes of an on-disk file in Windows.

FileSetLastModified

Sets the date when an on-disk or in-memory file was most recently modified.

FileSkipBytes

Shifts the file pointer by the given number of bytes.

FileWrite

Writes the entire content to the specified on-disk or in-memory file.

GetBaseTemplatePath

Gets the absolute server file system path of the requested CFML file.

GetCanonicalPath

Returns the canonical path string of the input path string.

GetContextRoot

Returns path to the J2EE server context root for the current request.

GetCurrentTemplatePath

Gets the absolute server file system path of the file that calls this function.

GetDirectoryFromPath

Extracts a directory from an absolute path.

GetEncoding

Returns the encoding (character set) of the Form or URL scope.

GetException

Retrieves a Java exception object from a Java object.

GetFileFromPath

Extracts a filename from an absolute path.

GetFileInfo

Returns information, as struct, about an on-disk or in-memory file. 

GetFunctionCalledName

Returns the name of the variable used to call a defined function.

GetFunctionList

Returns a struct with keys of the names of functions that are available in CFML.

GetHttpRequestData

Returns HTTP request headers and request body.

GetLocale

Gets the current geographic/language locale value.

GetLocaleDisplayName

Gets a locale value and displays the name in a manner that is appropriate to a specific locale.

GetMetaData

Gets metadata (such as the methods, properties, and parameters of a component) associated with an object that is deployed on the ColdFusion server.

GetMetricData

Gets server performance metrics.

GetPageContext

Gets the current java PageContext object that provides access to page attributes and configuration, request and response objects.

GetPrinterInfo

Determines which print attributes are supported by a selected printer.

GetProfileSections

Gets all the sections of an initialization file.

GetProfileString

Gets an initialization file entry.

GetReadableImageFormats

Returns a list of image formats that ColdFusion can read on the operating system where ColdFusion is deployed.

GetTempDirectory

Gets the path of the directory that ColdFusion uses for temporary files.

GetTempFile

Creates a temporary file in a directory whose name starts with (at most) the first three characters of prefix.

GetTemplatePath

DEPRECATED

GetTickCount

Returns the current value of an internal millisecond timer.

GetWriteableImageFormats

Returns a list of image formats that ColdFusion can write on the operating system where ColdFusion is deployed.

SetLocale

Sets the country/language locale for CFML processing and the page returned to the client.

SetProfileString

Sets the value of a profile entry in an initialization file.

Sleep

Causes the current thread to stop processing for a specified period of time.

WriteOutput

Appends text to the page-output stream.

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