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Re: TidHttp List of files at website

Subject:Re: TidHttp List of files at website
Posted by:"Huhtaman" (nhuh..@digital.net)
Date:Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:08:48

Scott:

    I believe this is possible - I have researched this in the newsgroups
but cant quite understand how they are using the get command. But - there
are references to getting a list of files via Tidhttp.

    Anybody else have any information ???


Neil


"Scott Price" <scott.price@no.spam.ta.virgin.net> wrote in message
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> Huhtaman wrote:
>
>> Hello:
>>
>>  I am a new user of Tidhttp. I have learned how to download a file
>> from a website using Tidhttp. How can I obtain a list of files in a
>> folder on a website ???
>>
>>    Do I use some form of a get command ???
>>
>>    Do I append some type of command to the url ???
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>>
>> Neil Huhta
>
> Hi Neil,
>
>
> I'm not sure you can.
>
> The server may be configured to serve a page representing the
> filesystem in the background, but I don't think there is a native HTTP
> to allow you to obtain a list, otherwise it would be a lot easier for
> crackers to attack sites knowing the type of file structure behind the
> scenes.
>
>
> Scott :)

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