Re: microsft internet explorer ftp, and 1.0.7

At 10:56 15/08/96 -0500, Edward Henigin wrote:
> 1) has anyone noticed what happens when you use Microsoft's
>Internet Explorer through the squid cache for ftp perusal? MSIE
>always looks for the following three files in the current browsing
>directory:
>
> internal-gopher-binary
> internal-gopher-menu
> internal-gopher-text
>
>
> the vast majority of time, those files don't exist.
>
>
> you know, I think I'm realizing something as I type this.
>I thought the above behaviour was related to the 'broken pictures'
>that show up next to ftp directory entries in the MSIE display,
>but now that I think about it, I'd guess it's something else. Where
>do the pictures come from in the formatted output for ftp directory
>listings? MSIE doesn't display them properly. Is there anything
>I can do about this? We're getting ready to put our caching server
>into general use by our subscribers, and I'd like things to be as
>pretty and predictable as possible.
[snip other question]

I have the following line in squid.conf:

cache_ftp_options -c 3:3 -l 3:30 -r 3:3 -p http://www.origin-at.co.uk/icons/
-s .gif

and the following files in my web server (www.origin-at.co.uk)'s /icons dir
(excuse >80 lines):

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Aug 15 17:56 ./
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 1024 Feb 18 12:19 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 248 Apr 24 22:47 binary.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 230 Apr 24 22:46 dir.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 141 Feb 18 12:19 doc.gif
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 24 22:50 gopher-binary.gif ->
binary.gif
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 11 13:32 gopher-image.gif ->
image.gif
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 24 22:50 gopher-menu.gif ->
dir.gif
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 14 11:40 gopher-sound.gif ->
sound.gif
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Apr 24 22:54 gopher-text.gif ->
text.gif
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Apr 24 22:50 gopher-unknown.gif ->
unknown.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 242 Jun 11 13:31 image.gif
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 24 22:50
internal-gopher-binary.gif -> binary.gif
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 11 13:32
internal-gopher-image.gif -> image.gif
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 24 22:50
internal-gopher-menu.gif -> dir.gif
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 14 11:40
internal-gopher-sound.gif -> sound.gif
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Apr 24 22:54
internal-gopher-text.gif -> text.gif
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Apr 24 22:50
internal-gopher-unknown.gif -> unknown.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 246 May 14 11:39 sound.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 238 Apr 24 22:53 text.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 242 Apr 24 22:48 unknown.gif

This means any attempt to get the internal icons goes to here, and uses
these gifs (stored
on the local web server).

The microsoft explorer's ftp client should really have the internal icons
built in (hence the word internal!), as e.g netscape does.

Obviously you can fetch these gifs from my server if you like, as they are
prettier than the normal supplied bitmaps.

Jonathan L.
Origin UK, 323 Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge, England. CB4 4WG.
Tel: +44 (1223) 423355 Fax: +44 (1223) 420724 E-mail: guess...
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These opinions are all my own fault.
Received on Thu Aug 15 1996 - 10:03:34 MDT