cffile action = "copy"

Copies a file from one directory to another on the server.

<cffile 
   action = "copy"
   source = "full_path_name"
   destination = "full_path_name" 
   mode = "mode"
   attributes = "file_attributes_list">

See the History section of the main cffile tag page.

Attribute	Req/Opt	Description
action	Required	Type of file manipulation that the tag performs.
source	Required	Pathname of the file to copy. If not an absolute path (starting a 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.
destination	Required	Pathname of a directory or file on web server where the file will be copied. If you specify a filename without a directory path, ColdFusion copies it relative to the source directory.
mode	Optional	Applies only to UNIX and Linux. Permissions. Octal values of UNIX chmod command. Assigned to owner, group, and other, respectively. For example: 644: assigns read/write permission to owner; read permission to group and other. 777: assigns read/write/execute permission to all.
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. readOnly hidden normal

This example copies the keymemo.doc file to the c:\files\backup\ directory:

<cffile action = "copy" 
source = "c:\files\upload\keymemo.doc" 
destination = "c:\files\backup\">