How to get the full path of a file

If the user selects a file through a browse button, Is there a way, I can get the full path of the file. The file can be from his local hard drive as well.. Can someone advise

To upload multiple files (example is for 3), try something like this.
== Form section ==
There would be three(3) file form fields for the selection of a file/document to upload, which
each being uniquely named.
<div style="clear: both;">
<cfinput type="file" name="upload_01" dir="ltr" lang="en" size="70" xml:lang="en">
</div>
<div style="clear: both;">
<cfinput type="file" name="upload_02" dir="ltr" lang="en" size="70" xml:lang="en">
</div>
<div style="clear: both;">
<cfinput type="file" name="upload_03" dir="ltr" lang="en" size="70" xml:lang="en">
</div>
== Processing section ==
Checks to see if any files / documents were selected for upload. If none were, then
displays an alert indicating as such. If at least one file/document was selected, then
the process would process the upload.
<cfif isdefined('form.upload_01') and trim(form.upload_01) eq "" and
isdefined('form.upload_02') and trim(form.upload_02) eq "" and
isdefined('form.upload_03') and trim(form.upload_03) eq ""
>
    <p>Did not select any files to upload</p>
<cfelse>
    <cfif isdefined('form.upload_01') and trim(form.upload_01) neq "">
        <cffile
            action="upload"
            destination="C:\path\to\upload\files\to"
            filefield="upload_01"
            nameconflict="overwrite"
            accept="
              application/msword
            , application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
            , application/vnd.ms-excel
            , application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
            , application/pdf">
            <cfcookie name="upload_01_doc" value="#cffile.serverfile#">
            <cfcookie name="upload_01_doc_ext" value="#cffile.serverfileext#">
    </cfif>
    <cfif isdefined('form.upload_02') and trim(form.upload_02) neq "">
        <cffile
            action="upload"
            destination="C:\path\to\upload\files\to"
            filefield="upload_02"
            nameconflict="overwrite"
            accept="
              application/msword
            , application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
            , application/vnd.ms-excel
            , application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
            , application/pdf">
            <cfcookie name="upload_02_doc" value="#cffile.serverfile#">
            <cfcookie name="upload_02_doc_ext" value="#cffile.serverfileext#">
    </cfif>
    <cfif isdefined('form.upload_03') and trim(form.upload_03) neq "">
    <cffile
        action="upload"
        destination="C:\path\to\upload\files\to"
        filefield="upload_03"
        nameconflict="overwrite"
        accept="
              application/msword
            , application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
            , application/vnd.ms-excel
            , application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
            , application/pdf">
        <cfcookie name="upload_03_doc" value="#cffile.serverfile#">
        <cfcookie name="upload_03_doc_ext" value="#cffile.serverfileext#">
    </cfif>
    <cflocation url="completed.cfm" addtoken="no">
</cfif>
== Completed section ==
Can confirm to the person what files were actually uploaded, by displaying file name and file extension.
You can you use the file extension information to display a respective icon for the file type.
<cfoutput>
<cfif isdefined('cookie.upload_01_doc')>
01. #cookie.upload_01_doc# - #cookie.upload_01_doc_ext#<br /></cfif>
<cfif isdefined('cookie.upload_02_doc')>
02. #cookie.upload_02_doc# - #cookie.upload_02_doc_ext#<br /></cfif>
<cfif isdefined('cookie.upload_03_doc')>
03. #cookie.upload_03_doc# - #cookie.upload_03_doc_ext#<br /></cfif>
</cfoutput>
Leonard B

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