QUESTION: How to get a remote directory file listing from a web site

Tue Oct 5 03:19:27 EDT 2004

Try with "www." before thePath


>When I run this from the message box
>
>put 
>("crosbystillsnash.com/content/TOURS/CSN2K4/_galleries/20040913_Pechanga/large/") 
>into thePath
>put "user:password" into userpass
>put "ftp://" & userpass & "@" & thePath into temp
>put  URL  temp
>put the result into tr
>if tr is not empty
>then
>    put "RESULT" && tr
>end if
>
>--- I get this error -
>
>
>RESULT error  550 
>/content/TOURS/CSN2K4/_galleries/20040913_Pechanga/large: No such file or 
>directory
>
>the URL is good; copied and pasted from a browser (this is my own site)
>
>
>
>Am I specifying the URL incorrectly? Is there a better way ? I just need a 
>simple listing.
>
>When I use it with URL http, I get html of course. Is the only way to get 
>an HTTP directory is by parsing the below?
>
>
>
><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
>
>
>Index of /content/TOURS/CSN2K4/_galleries/20040913_Pechanga/large
>
>
>
>
>Name                    Last
>modified       Size  Description
>
>----------
>
>
>
>   Parent
>Directory        19-Sep-2004 23:18      -
>   <PICT4661.htm>PICT4661.jpg            19-Sep-2004 23:16    46k
>   <PICT4663.htm>PICT4663.jpg            19-Sep-2004 23:16    44k
>   <PICT4664.htm>PICT4664.jpg            19-Sep-2004 23:16    52k
>   <PICT4666.htm>PICT4666.jpg            19-Sep-2004 23:16    50k
>   <PICT4668.htm>PICT4668.jpg            19-Sep-2004 23:16    57k
>   <PICT4674.htm>PICT4674.jpg            19-Sep-2004 23:16    49k
>   <PICT4677.htm>PICT4677.jpg            19-Sep-2004 23:16    58k
>
>----------
>
>thanks in advance
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