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Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but here's the source code of a Java servlet that does what I think you are asking. Just change the directory variable to your dir or add a little form that takes a dir. It includes a link to the file (in the File Name field) so you can open it within a browser.
Sample output:
Full path File Name Readable? Writable? File Type Revision Date File Size
c:\temp\2xl8t.txt 2xl8t.txt true true txt Tue Sep 10 13:41:39 EDT 2002 2015
c:\temp\baby1.jpg baby1.jpg true true jpg Tue Aug 27 17:09:53 EDT 2002 27462
c:\temp\baby2.jpg baby2.jpg true true jpg Tue Aug 27 17:10:43 EDT 2002 27351
c:\temp\baby3.jpg baby3.jpg true false jpg Tue Aug 27 17:12:19 EDT 2002 27255
Enjoy.
Matthew J. Horn
Sr. Technical Writer
< m a c r o m e d i a >
public String getFileType(String fileName) {
String f = new String();
StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(fileName,".");
while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
f = st.nextToken();
}
if (f.equalsIgnoreCase("doc")) {
f = "word doc";
}
if (f.equalsIgnoreCase("zip")) {
f = "archive";
}
//... etc
return f;
}
}
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From: EBoulet -at- Exchange -dot- WebMD -dot- net [mailto:EBoulet -at- Exchange -dot- WebMD -dot- net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 3:46 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Document Archives/Repositories
Do you all know of any tools for creating & maintaining document
repositories or archives on the web? By document repositories, I mean lists
of links to documents in various formats, including Office, Acrobat, Zip,
Executable files, etc. By tools, I mean software programs, scripts, etc that
do things like:
- Generate document lists on a web page automatically, for instance from a
file folder
- Publish document properties with the document in the list, such as
revision date, filesize, filetype - for instance, for an MS Office document,
could you automatically extract the Properties entered for the MS Office
file and show the document properties on a web page?
- Allow users to select a multiple documents to print and then print them
all when a button is selected (rather than printing them one at a time)
I look on the web, but the only useful thing I found is software that will
monitor file folders for new file versions and automatically post them to
your web site.
Thanks!
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