how do i see what the full path of a redirected link is?

www.website.com/folder/ <--- how to seethe blank space that isnt shown

[zredbaron]

i am trying to find the full path for a url that only supplies the folder. i tried index.htm and index.html...how can i find what the full path is?

thanks.

[moltar]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, zredbaron!

You can only guess. The other few names you can try are:

index.php index.pl default.html default.htm default.asp

[j4mes]

Also index.cgi, index.shtml and index.cfm.

[zredbaron]

thanks...but none of those worked. i also tried xml.

ive written a java (not an applet) program that is trying to do use a link that only knows the folder at runtime. im trying to perform a GET command to access the page that browsers seem to have no trouble finding. any advice?

[encyclo]

The directory index file can be absolutely anything - the examples provided above are some of the most common but in the server configuration you can specify any file you want. Also are you sure you are dealing with a real directory? The "directory" name could be an extensionless file name. You could also examine the HTTP headers and source code of the page for clues as to the underlying technology used.

I assume you can't just ask in this case?

[zredbaron]

that did it! removing the last '/' worked.

fyi - im in the process of getting the website's permission...i just wanted to finish the program.

thanks!