Getting a directory listing from a web site

Question

Does anyone know how I can (using HTTP port 80) get a directory listing from a specific URL? And no I'm not trying to hack here I'm building LiveUpdate logic into an app and would like to get a dir list then compare it to my local app to make sure the files are up to date. thanks -James

ludmal · Answer

if u don't have starting document it will show u directory listing but u have to check the right from the IIS(Directory Browsing) check the IIS for directory browsing and delete all the documents from the document tab.

james · Answer

I ended up doing just what Wernda said..writing a web service that returned a struct that was similar to the FileInfo class (as the FileInfo class itself is not serializable)

sacresp · Answer

Yeah HTTP doesn't know functionality DIRLIST. Only if a directory doesn't contain any default index file most servers will show directory listing (if not denied).

andrew · Answer

you could put asp.net file there that returns list of files or create webserivice on the server that given directory will list files.