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cffile action = "move"
Last update:
May 18, 2026
Description
Moves a file from one location to another on the server.
Syntax
<cffile
action = "move"
destination = "full pathname"
source = "full pathname"
attributes = "file attributes list"
charset = "character set option"
mode = "mode">cfscript equivalent of the syntax
<cfscript>
cffile(action = "move" , destination = "full pathname" , source = "full pathname" , attributes = "file attributes list" , charset = "character set option" , mode = "mode")
</cfscript>Note: You can specify this tag's attributes in an attributeCollection attribute whose value is a structure. Specify the structure name in the attributeCollection attribute and use the tag's attribute names as structure keys.
See also
History
See the History section of the main cffile tag page.
Attributes
Attribute | Req/Opt | Default | Description |
action | Required | Type of file manipulation that the tag performs. | |
destination | Required | Pathname of the destination directory or file. If not an absolute path, it is relative to the source directory. | |
source | Required | Pathname of the file to move. If not an absolute path (starting with a drive letter and a colon, or a forward or backward slash), it is relative to the ColdFusion temporary directory, which is returned by the GetTempDirectory function. | |
attributes | Optional | Applies to Windows. A comma-delimited list of attributes to set on the file. If omitted, the file's attributes are maintained.Each value must be specified explicitly. For example, if you specify attributes = "readOnly", all other attributes are overwritten.
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charset | Optional | JVM default file character set | The character encoding in which the file contents is encoded. The following list includes commonly used values:
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mode | Optional | Applies only to UNIX and Linux. Permissions. Octal values of UNIX chmod command. Assigned to owner, group, and other, respectively; for example:
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Example
The following example moves the keymemo.doc file from the c:\files\upload\ directory to the c:\files\memo\ directory in Windows:
<cffile
action = "move"
source = "c:\files\upload\keymemo.doc"
destination = "c:\files\memo\">In this example, the destination directory is "memo."
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