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Display Directory Contents

If a web browser is used to directly access a directory with no index.html file in it on comp.uark.edu or cavern.uark.edu, a server error will be returned. This way no one can view the contents of your directories.

If you would like for visitors to be able to view the contents of one of your directories, you can set up an index.html file to allow that. For instance, you might want to place several photos or other files in a directory and have an automatic listing with links for each of the files.

  1. Create a file called index.html in the directory for which you would like to have a file listing. You can use Pico to create the file in your account (using SSH Secure Shell for Windows or Macintosh SSH) or upload the HTML file. You can create it using a plain text editor like Notepad or by editing the HTML code in an HTML editor such as Dreamweaver or KompoZer.
  2. Put the basic required HTML tags in the file. An HTML editor will already have these in a new file.
    <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Title Text</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>
    ...</BODY></HTML>
  3. In the body of the HTML (between the <BODY> tag and the </BODY> tag), type the following (or copy and paste):
    on comp.uark.edu:
    <!--#exec cmd="/export/home/services/www/cgi-bin/mi" -->
    on cavern.uark.edu:
    <!--#exec cmd="/cgi-bin/mi" -->
  4. Save your file or upload (publish) it (to the directory in which you plan to place your files) if you have used a local editor.

Some content altering switches that you can use with this command on comp.uark.edu (not available on cavern.uark.edu) are:

  • -no -- files and sizes only
  • -simple -- Keep the display simple (files only)
  • -si -- Show images in directory
  • -r -- recursively displays directory contents

 
 
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