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Stephen Ostermiller
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Why can I access a file from my web server even though viewing the directory URL is a broken link?

I'm trying to understand how I'm able to access a PDF file from my website: /Documents/Publications/2015/file.pdf when /Documents comes up as a broken link. It appears to be non-existant.

  1. Why can I still access the file?
  2. How can I find out what other files reside in the parent directories?