I need to let users of an application open a folder by clicking a link inside a web page. The path of the folder is on the network and can be accessed from everywhere. I'm probably sure there is no easy way to do this, but maybe I'm mistaken?
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make sure your folder permissions are set so that a directory listing is allowed then just point your anchor to that folder using chmod 701 (that might be risky though) for example
<a href="./downloads/folder_i_want_to_display/" >Go to downloads page</a>
make sure that you have no index.html any index file on that directory
lock
2009-05-13 01:15:07
This answer works. The "directory listing allowed" part is very important. If it's not allowed, you can enabled it but it's different for every server application.
T Pops
2009-05-13 01:21:29
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The URL file://[servername]/[sharename] should open an explorer window to the shared folder on the network.
highlycaffeinated
2009-05-13 01:18:03
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Do you want to open a shared folder in Windows Explorer? You need to use a file: link, but there are caveats:
- Internet Explorer will work if the link is a converted UNC path (
file://server/share/folder/). - Firefox will work if the link is in its own mangled form using five slashes (
file://///server/share/folder) and the user has disabled the security restriction onfile:links in a page served over HTTP. Thankfully IE also accepts the mangled link form. - Opera, Safari and Chrome can not be convinced to open a
file:link in a page served over HTTP.
Andrew Duffy
2009-05-13 01:23:39