That was exactly my thoughts. I don't think it would make a lot of sense to show links that are not relative. Or at least not relative to the host portion of the URL.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tauzell, Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jakarta Commons Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 9:59 AM Subject: RE: [VFS] "Could not list the contents of..." > You might consider every page a "folder". So if you cd into a page it > just displays the links (possibly only ones relative the current page). > > -Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dominique Devienne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 10:50 AM > To: 'Jakarta Commons Users List' > Subject: RE: [VFS] "Could not list the contents of..." > > > I'd like such a feature too ;-) Granted, it wouldn't work all the time, > and might require different parsing code for different Web Servers > (supporting Apache, IIS, Tomcat, Jetty, and maybe others), but it would > be very useful. Could be disabled by default, and only enabled if > explicitly requested, with clearly documented caveats. --DD > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bernard Johnson > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 12:51 AM > To: Jakarta Commons Users List > Subject: Re: [VFS] "Could not list the contents of..." > > Is there any reason that you couldn't parse the html returned by the web > server and build a directory entry (from the anchors)? If this could be > done, it would be a nice feature for those (ie. me) who don't want to > install a webdav server :) If you're simply trying to navigate a > read-only resource, there is no reason for webdav. > > Thanks for the ftp fix! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam Murdoch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Jakarta Commons Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 7:09 AM > Subject: Re: [VFS] "Could not list the contents of..." > > > > Listing files for ftp should be fixed now. > > > > Listing files for http is not supported, because there's nothing in > > the protocol that allows it (of course, the error message could be a > > little better than 'it's not a folder'). You'll need to use webdav > > rather than http. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
