# Saving Scheduled Output to a File

You can use the Publish option to specify an output file for the scheduled task. For example, you could schedule a page that generates an employee list every night and make the page output available to end users. You do this by specifying an output directory and page and then linking to that page from relevant places in your Web site.

If you elect to publish an output file but do not specify a directory name or file name, ColdFusion ignores the request to publish the page. If you are having trouble outputting a file, check that the path is correctly specified. ColdFusion will not create directories referenced in the output path that do not exist.

| To specify an output file:

1. To specify an output file, enter both full path and file information. Path information can be referenced in the following forms: using the UNC naming convention in Windows, for example, `\\`hostname`\`path or using an absolute path reference.
2. Enable the Resolve URL option to replace any relative URLs used in links returned in the result page to absolute URLs.