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A small project to provide a nicer method of downloading files from a web site by providing an FTP-style interface.

The present version mimics a virtual directory, but has the advantage of being readily expandable, to include icons for other file types, or to add additional file information.

 
Technical
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Nothing special about this project. It was written in the 'come down' period after Photo Album.

It uses the same 'directory protection' from Photo Album (to stop snoopers setting a path of '../../cgi-bin' etc, and uses the same idea of including the real code in the /aspcode/ftp directory, require only a small file to handle the FTP directory. The one in 'pub' for instance is:

' Configuration Setup
g_bSupportDir=1 ' Allow sub-directories. If concerned about security, set to zero
g_szGfxPath="/aspcode/ftp/" ' Where the graphics (for file and folder icons) stored. MUST END WITH '/'
g_szRootPath="/pub/" ' The path must be relative to this directory. MUST END WITH '/'
g_szThis="default.asp" ' Name of this file (usually default.asp). It will be ignored from the dir list

Response.Write "<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>ASP-FTP Server. Copyright 2000</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>"
FTPMain
Response.Write "</BODY></HTML>"

This makes it very easy to embed the directory listing in an existing web page.
 
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