Download contents of http directory?

[Malcolm Kay]

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 16:18, Eric F Crist wrote:
> On Saturday 10 January 2004 05:45 pm, Eric F Crist wrote:
> > On Saturday 10 January 2004 04:44 pm, Bernard El-Hagin wrote:
> > > Minnesota Slinky wrote:
> > > > Hello list,
> > > >
> > > > How can I download the entire contents of a directory
> > > > on a webserver?  I can see them in index mode, but
> > > > it's a list of about 2,000 jpg files for a reunion.
> > > > How can I download everything there to one directory?
> > >
> > > Use wget. It's in ports.
> >
> > Thanks,  I was thinking mget for some reason.  Been a big help!
>
> Ok, another question along the same lines.  Is there a way to download a
> music directory that doesn't allow listing?  There's a server that has a
> bunch of MP3s that are streaming via RealPlayer, but I don't want them in
> that format. I know where exactly the directory is, I just want to download
> the files directly.
>

This raises a question for which I don't know the answer:
  How does one list an http directory that does allow it?

(I'm not very literate web wise)

Malcolm Kay