Scan all files in a directory and return counts by file type

Question

I have just joined an IT company & started working with ColdFusion. My Manager wants me to write code in ColdFusion which:

1. Will scan any directory (say c

Answer 1

For the first question, there's two approaches. Either loop over each of the different file types you're interested in, doing a cfdirectory for each.

             
    No of #filetypes[i]# files: #files.recordCount#

Or you can do multiple file types in one CFDirectory, see http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1221-CFDirectory-Filtering-Uses-Pipe-Character-For-Multiple-Filters-Thanks-Steve-Withington-.htm

         
No of JS/CFM/PDF files: #files.recordCount#