Typically when you want to execute a system command you would use the cfexecute tag, but there are some situations when this may not be ideal such as when you want to capture both the 'standard output' and 'error output' streams of the system command.

This is a very simple to use utility that allows you to execute command line programs from within ColdFusion.

Although this was developed specifically for ColdFusion developers to use, it is written entirely in Java.

More details over here:
http://stannard.net.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/3/26/Executing-System-Commands-with-ColdFusion

To use this utility you need
* To be running ColdFusion 6.1 or higher
* To be able to register Java .jar files with the ColdFusion administrator (or use a Java class loader utility).

INSTALLATION

* Download the project zip file
* Copy the .jar file to your ColdFusion\lib folder (for example, C:\ColdFusion8\lib)
* Restart your ColdFusion service.

USAGE

See the WIKI for an example of usage.

ID	ISSUE	STATUS	UPDATED
2	Killing a process after X seconds	Closed	06/12/09 4:20 AM
1	Can anyone confirm if this works on platforms other than Windows?	Open	06/02/08 7:38 AM

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