Example results of this script:
http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~openkey/imageInfo/index.cgi

index.cgi 
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- dynamically reads in a directory
- prints out a list of the files,
- the bytes of each file.
Written by Karen Medina - kmedina@uiuc.edu - October 1, 2003

Why is better than the default?
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- counts the files
- long file names can be seen entirely (they are not cut off)

How to put one in a directory:
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The original script is /home/openkey/bin/index.cgi
$ cp /home/openkey/bin/index.cgi your_new_directory

NOTE: I chose not to put this script inside an /html/ directory, because 
I am not sure, but I think these directories are currently processed by scripts! 
So this script would be xsl-ed or indexed if it were in the directory itself.

Edit
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Then edit just a few things in the index.cgi with your favorite editor.

$ emacs index.cgi

# -------- Change these two scalars (variables) ---------- #

my $page_title = "Openkey\'s list of webpages about the images";
my $directory = '/home/openkey/public_html/imageInfo/xml/';

# ------- That should be all you need to change  --------- #

That should be all you need to do!
-karen medina

Troubleshooting:
permissions should be set to 775 for it to be viewed from the web.