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Re: [Lynx-dev] can we get the directory listing using lynx?
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Stefan Caunter |
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Re: [Lynx-dev] can we get the directory listing using lynx? |
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Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:23:55 -0400 |
On 8/23/07, Thomas Dickey <address@hidden> wrote:
> > We are using lynx on unix to copy a particular file from the URL. Now the
> > requirements have changed. The name of the file(s) is no longer going to be
> > constant. So, is it possible to get all the files from a particular URL
> > without specifying the name of the file? An immediate response will be
> > appreciated.
Directory listings are a server setting, so the short answer is no. A
browser makes a request, and the server responds based on its
configuration. You are not going to get what you want unless the
server is specifically set to send a directory listing.
Stefan Caunter
http://caunter.ca/
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> perhaps you could use -crawl or -traversal
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> Thomas E. Dickey
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