Abstract
WebDAV (Web-based
Distributed Authoring and Versioning) is an
extension to the HTTP protocol which allows you to create, move,
copy, and delete resources on a remote web server. In practice,
mounting a remote WebDAV repository on your
local machine will allow users to modify a remote web server's
files simply by modifying files which appear to be local to the
local file system.
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Browse the WebDAV Resources pages to learn more about this protocol. |
The first time you launch this tool, only two buttons are available. allows you to define a new mount point, the other one just s the application. After you have defined mount points, they will appear as new buttons at the top of the buttons list. Clicking on a mount point button will get you to the mount point menu (see Figure 16.15, “WebDAV Menu”).
First of all, clicking on will ask you the URL of the web server (see Figure 16.14, “Specifying the WebDAV Server URL”).
Enter the complete URL of the web server, beginning with http:// or https://. Then click .
You must now decide where the web server files will be accessible from. Select the Mount point option and click . There you will be able to choose a local directory or type in your own.
If the server requires authentication, do not forget to fill the username and password fields in the Options dialog. Then all you need to do is to actually mount the remote repository by selecting Mount and clicking .
You will now be able to browse and modify files on the local mount point you have defined and the changes will be immediately available on the web server.