On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:44:50 -0700 "J.C. Roberts" <list-...@designtools.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:02:19 +0100 Jan Stary <h...@stare.cz> wrote: > > > Anyway, what really is the purpose of index.txt being there then? > > To tell the times and sizes? > > To break scripts? ;) > > To put it bluntly, index.txt seems pointless, or more likely, there is > some super double secret reason for it to still exist that I simply > don't know... > > My only *GUESS* is, some mirrors are HTTP, but due to brainless > accountants mindlessly running "security auditing tools," they forbid > real directory listings, and are configured to only return an existing > "/index.*" file to the useragent. > > Hopefully, someone who actually has a clue (not me) will chime in with > the real reason why index.txt exists. > > jcr afaik you guessed right. It is used by install.sub to get a list of the files, because of funny http servers.
