Using Javascript to read the file names of the current directory

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Is there a way for an html document using Javascript to read the file names of the current and sub directories?

I understand that for security reasons this may be a restricted functionality, but im looking not using this as a served application - rather locally residing HTML files in each directory to log the contents. Looking at the following scenerio...

We have a directory tree structure with multiple sub directories, each with hundreds of files (logically named) - and we maintain logs for these files in xls format. If i could have an HTML file in these directories using javascrpipt, i could dynamically create this logs rather than manually maintaining them.

thanks...

You can't do this with HTML and JavaScript alone. If you used PHP with JavaScript it would be possible. — amura.cxg
– amura.cxg, Commented Mar 26, 2015 at 14:32
Yes, easy to do with PHP - but this is not a web server environment. This is a local file server environment - im trying to think outside the box a little and use HTML/Javascript to automate a relatively tedious task. I feel like i should be able to use HTML and Javascript for "other than web development" purposes. — Skinner
– Skinner, Commented Mar 26, 2015 at 14:35
And i up voted Amits response for the laughter - much needed. — Skinner
– Skinner, Commented Mar 26, 2015 at 14:36
You need a server side application to dynamically get the path of current and sub directories. To simplify, one usually uses a template mechanism that you may find or build by yourself with any server side application language you wish to use. — woozyking
– woozyking, Commented Mar 26, 2015 at 14:37

xsami · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-26 14:33:53Z

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Here is a good example of how you can do that and don't die trying: http://www.c-point.com/JavaScript/articles/file_access_with_JavaScript.htm

answered Mar 26, 2015 at 14:33

xsami

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