By default, directory browsing allows any client with global access to the data directory to browse all objects within it. To restrict clients' ability to browse particular directories, set browse access control for those directories. If there is no file named default.html and directory browsing is enabled, the server sends a list of the files and subdirectories within mydir to the client. If directory browsing is disabled, the server sends an error message to the client. In this example, mydir is a subdirectory of the data directory.
Clients can access specific pages, but can no longer receive a list of the directory's contents.
Icons When a client browses a directory, the server returns a directory listing containing icons for each type of file in the directory. Purveyor supplies some useful icons for this purpose in the software distribution as GIF files. The icon chosen to represent a particular file depends on the MIME type of the file as deduced from the filename extension. Directories are represented by the folder.gif icon. The same icons also represent Gopher menu entries when Purveyor is being used as a Gopher proxy server.