: Why can I access a file from my web server even though viewing the directory URL is a broken link? I'm trying to understand how I'm able to access a PDF file from my website: /Documents/Publications/2015/file.pdf
I'm trying to understand how I'm able to access a PDF file from my website: /Documents/Publications/2015/file.pdf when /Documents comes up as a broken link. It appears to be non-existant.
Why can I still access the file?
How can I find out what other files reside in the parent directories?
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URLs do not need to map directly onto the filesystem of the computer the HTTP server is running on.
You can't unless the server tells you, and it doesn't appear to. There might not even be a parent directory.
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