Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:18:52 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Download contents of http directory? Message-ID: <200401120018.52511.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <20040111120559.GB10388@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20040110224342.23710.qmail@web13910.mail.yahoo.com> <200401111653.52614.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> <20040111120559.GB10388@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 22:35, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 04:53:52PM +1030, Malcolm Kay wrote: > > This raises a question for which I don't know the answer: > > How does one list an http directory that does allow it? > > Basically, you shouldn't. If the web site administrator has set up > index.html files or otherwise prevented you from generating a > directory listing, it generally means that there's stuff in that > directory which you aren't meant to access. It's impolite (at best) > to try and get round that, although the wise admin will take stronger > meansures to ensure that even if you can guess filenames, you still > can't download anything you shouldn't. > Please reread my query -- I'm asking how to read the directory=20 when the administrator does allow it. Malcolm Kay
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