PDF Allowing listing of files in Directories By default if you do not have a home.html or index.html file in your directory web surfers will be denied viewing the listing of files. To override this default action, create a .htaccess file in that directory with the following: IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti* Options Indexes Note: The IndexIgnore is optional but allows you to selectively choose what you want viewed in a directory listing and what you do not. In this example it will list everything except the .htacess file itself (*/.??*) any files with leading dots will be hidden (*~) any files with tildes in them, (*/_vti*) would hide all the FrontPage extension directories which contain sensitive information that you may not want viewers seeing.. Note: the .htaccess file has a '.' in front of it... and some ftp programs have problems with uploading files starting with '.'; however Win9X's built in DOS FTP can handle this fine.