- From: Jim Whitehead <ejw@ics.uci.edu>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:29:31 -0800
- To: WebDAV WG <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
Accidentally caught by the spam filter. I've put in a request to have Rickard's email address added to the accept2 list for the mailing list, but since he doesn't appear to be subscribed, please cc him directly on any responses. - Jim -----Original Message----- From: falk@excosoft.se [mailto:falk@excosoft.se] Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2000 12:01 AM To: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org Subject: [Moderator Action] Comments please! I have a WebDav / Http url problem. The problem I have, as a client developer, is to know when to do a propfind directory browsing and when to just do a get. An example: The user types that he wants to open 'http://www.foo.com/foo'. If /foo is a directory there is a problem. If I do a get on that url, the server could hand me /foo/index.htm ( or some other default file ), or it could generate a html file displaying the directory listing. But if I do a propfind, I could generate a directory listing from the answer. But how can I know which the users wants? Today I solve this by using a wildcard at the end of the url. Ex: 'http://www.foo.com/*' -> Do a propfind on 'http://www.foo.com/'. If not okay, try a Get on 'http://www.foo.com/*'. This gives the user a way of 'open as webfolder', without having to checking a checkbox. So now you can have links in xml files, that gives you a WebDav directory listing. Or even email it. Anyone have some comments, or is there another way of solving this problem? /Rickard
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