Thanks for the explanation mwall!  I will install apache2 and see what 
happens.

On Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 2:18:27 PM UTC-6 mwall wrote:

> On Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 11:08:46 AM UTC-5 72604... wrote:
>
>> Hi TK.  What is the function of the "tabular.html?report=" portion of the 
>> address?  Is this something that gets filled in when you have a webserver 
>> installed?  
>
>
> the javascript in tabular.html uses the 'report=xxx' to determine which 
> NOAA file should be displayed.  when you read tabular.html directly (i.e., 
> no web server), your browser interprets the javascript but refuses to open 
> the file, since most browsers now consider opening a file to be a nefarious 
> activity.
>
> it just happens that the path is 'NOAA/xxx' so that when you remove the 
> '?report=' the url is simply a path, not a path plus cgi arguments.
>
>

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