Problem: 
I have a set of PDF files that are uploaded monthly to a folder on a
website I support. These files change in name, size, and number of
files each month. I need a script that will display on my webpage, the
file name, and act as a link so that the user can access them.
Note: 
While I dont care what kind of scrip it is, I dont have access to the
server which hosts the files other than via FTP. So the scrip needs to
reside in an html file, php, or java script as far as I know.
Additional Note:
The site page is: http://www.venturapublishing.com/listings.html
As you can see, I've manually linked all the PDF files from their
folder. I would expect the scrip to simply to do what I did, but
automatically when files are uploaded.

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Clarification of Question by mclinn-ga on 12 Jul 2006 16:35 PDT

Thanks for the comment, however my server does not support PHP after
looking into it. So if anyone does attempt to answer the question,
please do not provide an answer that includes PHP.
Thanks

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Request for Question Clarification by eiffel-ga on 14 Jul 2006 01:26 PDT

Hi mclinn-ga,

We really need to know what scripting languages the server supports:
Perl, PHP, Python, ruby etc.

For example, if it supports the ruby language I'd be delighted to
answer this question.

Regards,
eiffel-ga

PS: I don't think you can read local folders from JavaScript.

If your server supports PHP, you should just be able to paste this
into the page, and rename the file extension.php

<?

$directory = opendir("./") or die($php_errormsg);
while (false !== ($file = readdir($directory))) {
        $directory_files[] = "$file"; 
}

sort($directory_files);

$script_name = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'];

$dirlist = "";

foreach ($directory_files AS $file) {
        if ((!preg_match("/^\..*$/i", $file)) AND ($file != $script_name)) {
                $dirlist .= "      <li><a href=\"$file\">$file</a></li>\n"; 
        }
}

if ($dirlist) {
        echo "  <div class=\"filebox\">\n    <h3>Files</h3>\n   
<ul>\n$dirlist    </ul>\n  </div>\n";
}

?>