Re: microsft internet explorer ftp, and 1.0.7

        Thanks for the tip, works like a charm!

        This would be a good question/answer for the FAQ, if the
question were cleaned up.

        Ed

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On Thu, 15 Aug 1996, Jonathan Larmour wrote:
> 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.
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