• cfftp: Opening and closing FTP server connections
• cfftp: Connection: File and directory operations
• cfftp action = "listDir"

This tag does not move files between a ColdFusion server and a client browser. You do this as follows:

• To transfer files from a client to a ColdFusion server: cffile action = "upload"
• To transfer files from a ColdFusion server to a client: the cfcontent tag

CFFTP
Description
Lets users implement File Transfer Protocol (FTP) operations.
Category
File management tags, Internet Protocol tags
Syntax
The tag syntax depends on the action attribute value. See the following sections:
See also
cfhttp, cfldap, cfmail, cfpop
History
ColdFusion MX: Deprecated the agentname attribute. It might not work, and might cause an error, in later releases.
Usage
Use this tag to move files between a ColdFusion server and an FTP server.
Security settings ColdFusion MX security settings can prevent the cfftp tag from executing. If you run ColdFusion applications on a server that is used by multiple customers, consider the security of the files that the customer can move. For more information, see Configuring and Administering ColdFusion MX.