One would suppose that if wget/curl were able to walk directories recursively on a web server, downloading as they go, the information I'm looking (listing of filenames in directory, hierarchical format) for is merely a subset of that, no?
So perhaps the web servers I'm working with allow this remote directory listing capability. And if that's the case, I'm just looking for a quick/dirty utility to exploit it. Shane O. On 8/25/05, Christopher L Merrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shane O'Donnell wrote: > > I'm trying to figure out a way to use wget/curl to grab a simple > > listing of files without grabbing the files. Think of it as a remote > > "ls" via HTTP. > > I think this is only possible if the server is configured to allow > directory listings. Most are not. And for many of those that are, they > would return the default page for the directory (index.html, etc) if > it exists. > > If you don't have control of the server in question, you may not have > any choices beyond FTP/SSH. > > C > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chris Merrill | http://www.webperformanceinc.com > Web Performance Inc. > > Website Load Testing and Stress Testing Software > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- Shane O. ======== Shane O'Donnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==================== -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
