why won't my directory with files appear on a browser as a list?
Peter
>show up on a browser as a list of files (one per line) to be downloaded as
>they are clicked on - basically just a directory listing with no special
>html in the subdirectory. I've got the files in the directory, and they're
>all set (chmod) with read permissions for World; the directory itself is
>read and execute (search) permissions for World also. Despite this, the
>thing shows up empty in a browser - none of the files are listed.
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>Can anyone tell me why this doesn't
>work? Why won't the browser simply show me a directory listing? What else do
>I have to do to make it work?
You need to supply your Apache directory structure as well as all
pertinent Directory blocks. It's the easiest way. Email me directly
if you don't feel comfortable doing it here.
David Efflandt
> Hi all -
>
> I'm running a fairly simple website on which I am keeping some files
> related to my research for people to download. I've got it on a fairly old
> SGI workstation (running Irix - a variant of Unix). It mostly works fine,
> but there's one thing which does not work. I want a subdirectory of files to
> show up on a browser as a list of files (one per line) to be downloaded as
> they are clicked on - basically just a directory listing with no special
> html in the subdirectory. I've got the files in the directory, and they're
> all set (chmod) with read permissions for World; the directory itself is
> read and execute (search) permissions for World also. Despite this, the
Have you enabled Indexing in your Options?
> P.S. If you try accessing any of the other parts of this website, such as
> http://199.93.248.253/~mlevin/newlab.dir/
> you might see that some pages have to be Reloaded a number of times for all
> of the graphics to show up - sometimes they simply won't load the first
> time. Why might they load sometimes, and sometimes not??
I don't know. It loads quick enough, but it is different graphics that do
not load each time I try to reload it. Maybe you do not have enough httpd
processes to handle that many images, or are on a busy server?
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