opening files like web ftp style...

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Re: opening files like web ftp style... by moritz (Cardinal) on Oct 30, 2008 at 09:02 UTC
If your question is "how do I get a directory listing with download links for a HTTP server", then the best answer is: by not using Perl, but by using the directory listing feature of your web server. I know Apache can do that out-of-the-box. Maybe you need to adjust your configuration, though. If that's not your question, please clarify it.	[reply]
Re^2: opening files like web ftp style... by sugar (Beadle) on Oct 30, 2008 at 09:08 UTC
you got it right... so if i dont use perl, how do i use the directory listing features ? as you said, it has to be done only by modifying apache config file? or any other ways? thanks for the reply :)	[reply]
Re^3: opening files like web ftp style... by moritz (Cardinal) on Oct 30, 2008 at 09:15 UTC
I know of no other way than modifying the configuration, either by editing the main config file, or in a `.htaccess` file. Here's the documentation.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: opening files like web ftp style... by sugar (Beadle) on Oct 30, 2008 at 09:25 UTC
Re^3: opening files like web ftp style... by almut (Canon) on Oct 30, 2008 at 09:26 UTC
specifically, look under mod_autoindex	[reply]
Re: opening files like web ftp style... by cdarke (Prior) on Oct 30, 2008 at 09:25 UTC
I think to OP is asking a different question than one concerned with the web server: like how we do in web ftp?. sugar, I think you want a GUI interface, which may be supplied by Perl/Tk. I suggest you search down that route, for example CPAN [Tk::FileDialog]. (Maybe I'm reading the question differently/wrongly).	[reply]
Re: opening files like web ftp style... by Anonymous Monk on Oct 30, 2008 at 09:25 UTC
Apache::Dir	[reply]