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From: Hans Galema
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 23:59

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CS wrote:

> Which is the best way to download all the files in a remote directory
> through HTTP, if I don't know their names or how many they are? 

If you don't know the names it cannot be done.

 > Can it be
> done or do I have to know that before I can do it?

If you specify a directory in the url for the webserver, than most webservers
will look for a file index.htm(l) or default.htm(l). The webmaster can
specify other files to look for. If no such file is found the webserver will
(as others already explained to you) produce a html page containing links
to all the files and directories in that directory. If you get that file
you can parse it for the filenames. As you then know the filenames you
can download them with http. The webmaster however can instruct the
webseverr not to produce directory listings if a default file is not found
(as others already told you).

Hans.

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