CFEXECUTE

I am trying to execute a secure copy scp within a CFEXECUTE:
<CFEXECUTE NAME="D:\test\scp"
ARGUMENTS=" -pw mypass D:\test\myfile
myusrname@remoteIP:remotefilename"
OUTPUTFILE="D:\test\myout.txt">
This is running Windows 2000 professional and CF 5.
I can run the scp program from a COMMAND Window fine. It puts
the authentication in the Windows Registry the first time, and
never asks again. For some reason when I call a CF template with
the above code, it does not look in the Registry, but always tries
to confirm the legitimacy of the remote computer. It hangs as a
result.
I am ultimately trying to push files from the server, that
have been selected by a browser, to trusted remote computers using
a secure protocol.
Any help would sure be appreciated!
Joel

I can run the scp program from a COMMAND Window fine.
The process is then running on your machine, within your
security context.
...when I call a CF template with the above code...
Then the process will start running on a remote computer,
hence the remote computer's need for authentication.
Couldn't you use the cfcontent tag? It's much simpler for a
start.

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Using cfexecute to execute dos command in windows.

Hi!
Well i have a requirement where i need to check status of
particular service in windows from time to time.
I inferred that we can use cfexecute for this. Well i tried
to use the same but i was not successful in achieving the desired
result.
The following is the code i have written for the above
purpose.
<cfexecute name="sc query Internet Information Services"
arguments="y"
outputfile="d:\Temp\Output.txt"
timeout="90" />
I get the following message:
oldfusion.tagext.lang.ExecuteTag$TimeoutException: Timeout
period expired without completion of sc query Internet Information
Services
at
coldfusion.tagext.lang.ExecuteTag.doStartTag(ExecuteTag.java:170)
at
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at coldfusion.runtime.CfJspPage.invoke(CfJspPage.java:147)
at
coldfusion.tagext.lang.IncludeTag.doStartTag(IncludeTag.java:357)
well i have tried using different timeout periods but it dint
work for me.i have gone crazy with it.
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Many thanks.

In addition to Mr Black's suggestions, take a look at these
two entries about using cfexecute on Ben Forta's blog
http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/7/31/Using-CFEXECUTE-To-Execute-Command-Line-Util ities
http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/9/11/A-Couple-Of-CFEXECUTE-Gotchas

Filename with Umlaut in cfexecute outputFile attribute

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I'm running CF10 on SLES11 (Linux) and am experiencing a problem when using Filenames with German umlaut characters (ä,ü,ü etc.) for the outputFile attribute. These filenames are mangled in the Linux filesystem, e.g. "Anästhesie" becomes "An?sthesie".
Same thing happens when umlaut characters are used with "cffile action='write'" in the file attribute, so it is not an option to write the output of cfexecute into a variable and then write the content of that variable to a file using the cffile tag.
I'm pretty sure this is a character set encoding problem, but don't know how to solve it. AFAIK, CF10 uses UTF-8 encoding by default, the filesystem uses ISO-8859-15. How can I make CF store the correct filename in the filesystem?
The filenames are the result of a database query and should remain unchanged so the database reference isn't broken. I'd prefer not having to resort to converting the filenames to pure ASCII (e.g. ä -> ae)
before passing them as outputFile attribute.
Regards, Richard

hi dany,
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Cfexecute / ant script not returning results in CF

I've got a batch script that runs an ant script that executes
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everything works fine.
When I execute the batch script via CFEXECUTE, the batch
works fine, the ant script works fine, but the cvs command doesn't
appear to do anything. The results from the tag are:
[echo] before
[echo] after
As you'll see from the attached ant script (unchanged except
for the cvsroot attribute), those echos are either side of the cvs
command.
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appreciated.

I'm using 7.01, but I fixed the CFEXECUTE tag by restarting
the CF service twice.
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Using cfexecute to start FMLEcmd.exe

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Coldfusion is running locally of course not on a remote server :-)
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I could just run it in the command window (cmd.exe), but I'm trying to make it look a bit more "sexy".
So far it is not working out too good I'm affraid :-(
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arguments="/p C:\Coldfusion10\cfusion\wwwroot\simpleovp\test.xml"
variable="data"
timeout="10" />
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I thought it might be that cf did not have sufficient user righs to run this properly because the profile is running just fine in a command line window (cmd.exe).
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Cfexecute process hangs

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Any help will be appreciated.

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<pre>
--- Message from Simple.exe----
#return#
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</pre>
</cfoutput>

Cfexecute, batch file, and a ftp script

I have a batch file which works fine when entered in at the
command prompt;
C:/temp/mybat.bat
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Now this may be more of a case of what I am calling than CF
itself.
here is the output:
C:\CFusionMX7\runtime\bin>"C:\Program
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C:\temp\poolsite.scp Processing Line 1 [CONNECT pacmed -p] Finding
Host poolsite... Address lookup of "poolsite" failed. It may be
misspelled, or your computer may not be connected to the network or
Internet. Also check that your DNS and local name servers are
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poolsite-p] Processing Line 2 [ONSUCCESS SHELL C:/temp/remove.bat]
Set [ONSUCCESS] action to [SHELL C:/temp/remove.bat] Processing
Line 3 [MPUT c:/temp/apptTxfr/*.*] Not Connected Failure in command
[MPUT c:/temp/apptTxfr/*.*] C:\CFusionMX7\runtime\bin>ECHO OFF
the very odd thing, is again, when I call this from a command
line, it works fine.
are there any wrappers or special ways I need to encapsulate
this when using cfexecute?

Thank you for the suggestions. The odd thing though, is it
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whatever reason, the ftp client isn't getting fed the paramters
correctly. Ie
Processing Line 1 [CONNECT poolsite-p] Finding Host
poolsite...
passing -p tells the ftp client to use a prefdefined site
profile (poolsite), instead of using the hostname poolsite.
Basically it is if for whatever reason the ftp program is not
reading it''s scp file correctly when invoked from CF.
I'll check out the permissions and report back.
thanks for the suggestion.

Cfexecute and ln on Linux

i am having a little trouble trying to get cfexecute to
create a symbolic link on linux.
i am using the below cfexecute tag to try and mimic what i am
doing from the command line, but no link is made and no output is
received from the cfexecute tag.
i have also tried /bin/ln
am i missing something?
<cfexecute name="ln" arguments="-s /home/.../filename.txt
/home/.../files/test.txt"></cfexecute>
thanks.

blst02 wrote:
> i am having a little trouble trying to get cfexecute to
create a symbolic link
> on linux.
>
> i am using the below cfexecute tag to try and mimic what
i am doing from the
> command line, but no link is made and no output is
received from the cfexecute
> tag.
>
> i have also tried /bin/ln
>
> am i missing something?
>
> <cfexecute name="ln" arguments="-s
/home/.../filename.txt
> /home/.../files/test.txt"></cfexecute>
Make sure that the user CF is running as has enough rights on
the
destination directory (su to that user and try ln from that
account).
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Using CFEXECUTE

I am trying to incorporate a cfexecute before running a
cfquery. We do not have MS Access loaded on our web server but the
cmd file basically opens MS Access, runs a macro and then closes MS
Access but it is working.
Following is the cmd file - "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office10\msaccess.exe"
d:\inetpub\wwwroot\\departments\NBProdReports.mdb /x mDoTimeRecords
It does not run the .cmd file so that the macro runs. Any
suggestions?

In addition to Mr Black's suggestions, take a look at these
two entries about using cfexecute on Ben Forta's blog
http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/7/31/Using-CFEXECUTE-To-Execute-Command-Line-Util ities
http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/9/11/A-Couple-Of-CFEXECUTE-Gotchas

CF10 enterprise - how to disable cfexecute for all sites (sandbox)

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I would like to disable the following tags and functions globally:
TAGS
CFCONTENT
CFFILE
CFDIRECTORY
CFEXECUTE
CFOBJECT
CFREGISTRY
FUNCTIONS
GetProfileString
SetProfileString
CreateObject
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In CF10 Enterprise I have the option to create multiple sandboxes, but is it possible to create one global sandbox for all sites?
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( I have asked this in a different place on the CF forums as got no response, i think because I placed it in the wrong place. Sorry if this double post upsets anyone but I need some help!)

D:\sites\site1
D:\sites\site2
D:\sites\site3
If you define the sandbox to sites folder, then the settings also apply to sub-directories (as the sub directories will inherit the property from parent).
It is working at my end perfectly fine.
HTH
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VJ

Execute bat file with cfexecute

Hello,
this is a newbie question but I'm stuck. I have a .bat that
runs fine through the command prompt but won't run with
<cfexecute>, it merely seems to read the .bat but not execute
it. The .bat reads:
java -classpath
".;C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot\i-recall\javaClasses\GATE-3.1\bin\gate.jar"
AnnieAPI
When I run <cfexecute
name="C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot\i-recall\javaClasses\GateClasspathRun.bat"
variable="myVar" timeout="100">
</cfexecute>
The output looks like this:
C:\CFusionMX7\runtime\bin>java -classpath
"C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot\i-recall\javaClasses\GATE-3.1\bin\gate.jar"
AnnieAPI
It simply reads it and doesn't execute the java AnnieAPI
command. I didn't write this .bat file so maybe I need to add
something to make it run. Any help is appreciated.
-Kalen G

Same thing, just without the classpath in the output:
C:\CFusionMX7\runtime\bin>java AnnieAPI
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classpath or something but I don't And the page loads so quickly
it's obvious that Coldfusion is just reading the code and not
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CFexecute, cfx_consolecommand dos/bat file error

Good day all. i have a really confussing problem... Let me
break it down
I have written an application that requires barcodes. My
Printer is a PPLB printer (not really important). So i create a
file on the server (This is about all that works fine).....
The printer is a network printer. so on the server i set up
the capture " net use LPT2
\\<machinename>\\<printersharename> /persistent:yes
(What the above does for those that do not know is set up a
vitual printer port so if you print to lpt2 it goes to the network
printer)
The command works perfectly..... Now the only thing i have to
do is send the file to the printer....
If im on the server and type "COPY /B c:\filetosend LPT2: "
note the Colon after LPT2 must be there it works perfectly.
But from anything else it doesnt..
What i have tried:
1) I tried running the command via cfexecute and
CFX_consolecommand which is available at
www.intrafoundation.com
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2) Thinking i was smart i decided to write a bat file....
Easy. I wrote the file then used cfexecute and consolecommand to
run the file. With output enabled The error says "File Not Found"
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perfectly.
Now just to through another spanner in the works. if i run
the bat file from double clicking in windows or in command propt
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So what i have determined is that:
1) When i type the command or run the bat file from command
prompt it works.
2) It does not work via cfexecute or commandconsole.
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Another program maybe etc
Regards

ShapeShift,
Are you running the batch file or the dos command while
logged in as the
same user ColdFusion service is configured to run under? If
ColdFusion
is running under the default "Local System" account, try
turning on the
"Allow service to interact with the desktop" checkbox on the
"Log On"
tab for the ColdFusion service, or set the service to log in
with an
account you know has permissions to the remote printer.
HTH,
Carl
ShapeShift wrote:
> Good day all. i have a really confussing problem... Let
me break it down
>
> I have written an application that requires barcodes. My
Printer is a PPLB
> printer (not really important). So i create a file on
the server (This is about
> all that works fine).....
>
> The printer is a network printer. so on the server i set
up the capture " net
> use LPT2 \\<machinename>\\<printersharename>
/persistent:yes
>
> (What the above does for those that do not know is set
up a vitual printer
> port so if you print to lpt2 it goes to the network
printer)
> The command works perfectly..... Now the only thing i
have to do is send the
> file to the printer....
>
> If im on the server and type "COPY /B c:\filetosend
LPT2: " note the Colon
> after LPT2 must be there it works perfectly.
> But from anything else it doesnt..
>
> What i have tried:
> 1) I tried running the command via cfexecute and
CFX_consolecommand which is
> available at
http://www.intrafoundation.com
that however does not work
>
> 2) Thinking i was smart i decided to write a bat
file.... Easy. I wrote the
> file then used cfexecute and consolecommand to run the
file. With output
> enabled The error says "File Not Found" This i have
checked the file is there
> and LPT port is setup.
>
> As i said if i type the command in command prompt it
works perfectly.
>
> Now just to through another spanner in the works. if i
run the bat file from
> double clicking in windows or in command propt type
print.bat. (the name of the
> bat file i created) it works perfectly..... Can someone
explain this
>
> So what i have determined is that:
> 1) When i type the command or run the bat file from
command prompt it works.
> 2) It does not work via cfexecute or commandconsole.
>
> With some more testing If i leave the colon out after
LPT2 it says "0 Files
> Copied" so i think the colon is giving the problem...
>
> Any help would be appreciated with this regard....
> Another program maybe etc
>
> Regards
>
>
>

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First let me say that I am a novice when it comes to Powershell and cfcexecute, though I've been using CF on and off since version 4.
I have a PowerShell/Migration shell console file script that updates email passwords on our MSOnline instance. It works fine if I run it from the run or command line in Windows, but from cfexecute in Coldfusion 9.0.1 it times out. If I set the timeout to 0 the timeout is ignored, but I'll have no idea if it ran. The odd thing is that the code actually does its job, but it leaves both the cmd.exe and powershell.exe processes running and I never get a return code regardless of how long I set the timeout. I have tried all of the /c, 2>$1, exit code, etc., I could find, but none of them seem to work.
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Thanks,
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Try the tip from James in the comments of this Ben Forta entry. ie Add the "-inputformat none" paramater.
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/>

Execute .bat file using cfexecute tag...

Hello,
I am trying to execute a batch file using cfexecute tag. This
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arguments
Text attribute.
When I run my batch file directly from command prompt, it
works perfectly. but while using cfexecute, it doesn't seem to do
anything.
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"c:\inetpub\wwwroot\mct\picklist.txt"
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Cfexecute a Perl script.

What would I be looking at to run a Perl script at
d:/path/to/my/perl/loader.pl %year% with a
<cfexecute...> tag?
I've tried to do it directly:
<cfexecute
name="d:\path\to\my\perl\loader.pl"
arguments="#year#"
variable="goodbar"
errorvariable="foobar"/>
I've tried to do it through cmd.exe:
<cfexecute
name="c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe"
arguments="d:\path\to\my\perl\loader.pl #year#"
variable="goodbar"
errorvariable="foobar"/>
I've tried calling perl.exe:
<cfexecute
name="e:\Perl\bin\perl.exe"
arguments="d:\path\to\my\perl\loader.pl"
variable="goodbar"
errorvariable="foobar"/>
I am not having much luck with this. The weird thing is that
I am not
getting any results OR errors. Just nothing.
This is a Windows 2003/CF 8.0.1 server.

Azadi wrote:
> see if this may be of help in your case:
>
http://www.indigostar.com/perl2exe.htm
>
> otherwise, isn;t there a perl.exe in a win installation?
>
I'll take a look at that if I get desperate enough. But yes
there is a
perl.exe on my windows installation. I can easily run the
script from
the command line. I am trying to run it from ColdFusion since
I have
added a process that runs before the Perl script and I just
want to fire
off the Perl code when the ColdFusion code is completed.

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