Hi, It appears to me there is a small bug in LWP::Protocol::file. The '/' added to the end of each directory member which is itself a directory, is escaped when turning it into a url, making the url quite useless. I suggest the following patch:
--- /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4/LWP/Protocol/file.old 2004-09-19 22:56:35.786858776 +0300 +++ /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4/LWP/Protocol/file.pm 2004-09-19 22:56:24.000000000 +0300 @@ -96,14 +96,13 @@ closedir(D); # Make directory listing + my $pathe = $path . ( $^O eq 'MacOS' ? ':' : '/'); for (@files) { - if($^O eq "MacOS") { - $_ .= "/" if -d "$path:$_"; - } - else { - $_ .= "/" if -d "$path/$_"; - } my $furl = URI::Escape::uri_escape($_); + if ( -d "$pathe$_" ) { + $furl .= '/'; + $_ .= '/'; + } my $desc = HTML::Entities::encode($_); $_ = qq{<LI><A HREF="$furl">$desc</A>}; } -- I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. -- Douglas Adams Moshe Kaminsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home: 08-9456841
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