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HTML force-index
Name: jaschumann Date: March 6, 2004 at 17:22:55 Pacific OS: XP Home (fully updated) CPU/Ram: xp2000+/640MB pc2100
Comment:
does anyone know, or is it possible, to force a page to show an index of files (when BROWSING)? i know that if index.html isn't present, an index is shown listing the files, but can this list be "forced" even if index.html exixts??? thanks
Name: Code One Date: March 6, 2004 at 19:07:12 Pacific
Reply:
probably not, you may want to fabricate a facismile...
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Response Number 2
Name: Sandman Date: March 6, 2004 at 22:21:04 Pacific
Reply:
You could try using an ftp client. This will work on some sites.
Sandman
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Response Number 3
Name: anonproxy Date: March 7, 2004 at 11:13:54 Pacific
Reply:
This is a function of the server, since the client just makes requests and the server interprets them and returns a document. When configured correctly, a server can generate and return an index of files as default. This is actually handled by a specific module (the name doesn't come to mind).
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