Re: HTML Page Linked to Windows Folder?

David Segall <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

pwncpa@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Sep 10, 6:13 am, David Segall <da...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
pwn...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I would like to create an html page that lists files in a windows
folder, for use on my computer.  I have found many utilities that will
print a list of the contents in an html format, but is there anything
that will link to that folder?  In other words, if the contents of the
folder changes - like new files added, or files deleted, I would like
the html file to change automatically.

I am obviously not an HTML programmer, just looking for a simple tool.

I'm afraid it's not simple. If I understand correctly you want
something that looks like <http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/>. To do
that you will have to install a web server on your computer. That is
no more complicated than installing any other software but you will
also need to configure it to have access to your entire hard drive
which, for obvious reasons, is not the default behaviour. In addition
you will need to configure the web server to show a directory list
rather than a "page not found" error. The default and the method of
changing it depends on which web server program you choose. If you
decide that you must have this facility do make sure that the web
server on your computer is not accessible from the Internet!

I have IIS installed on my computer. I guess I can poke around in
there to see if I can get it working. How about setting up an FTP
server?
My first thought was that an FTP server had no relevance to your
request to produce a directory listing in HTML. Then I visited the
above web site using the URL <ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/> and
discovered that both Internet Explorer and Firefox had excellent FTP
support and the HTML directory listing was far superior to that
produced by a web server. Internet Explorer even displays the FTP
server welcome message. Go for it!
I should have endorsed Neredbojias' post in the above message.
<file://C:> will produce exactly the same result in Firefox as an FTP
server would from the same directory. The FTP server is only required
if you want to use Internet Explorer or you want to provide remote
access to your computer.
.

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