Really basic HTML question

[NomoneyNohoney]

I don't really know why I've done this, but let me explain.
The UK telephone directory is being discontinued, so I downloaded all the PDFs. These are titled, Ashford.pdf, Barnstaple.pdf, Croydon.pdf etc.
I've saved them in one directory, and want a simple html index for them. If the folder is on a D: USB drive, or an F: USB drive, I think the hyperlinks have to take you back to the root of whatever the drive is, and then point up from there. That way, it should always work whatever drive it's on.

I've gone foggy: Can someone give me the line of hyperlink that I need?

I guess it's cd.. to start with, and then a link to the file, but my brain has clouded over.

TIA

Edit:- I guess it might be :
cd../cd pdfs/ashford.pdf, or Barnstaple.pdf
That sound right?

[Urbandreamer]

I don't really know why I've done this, but let me explain.
The UK telephone directory is being discontinued, so I downloaded all the PDFs. These are titled, Ashford.pdf, Barnstaple.pdf, Croydon.pdf etc.
I've saved them in one directory, and want a simple html index for them. If the folder is on a D: USB drive, or an F: USB drive, I think the hyperlinks have to take you back to the root of whatever the drive is, and then point up from there. That way, it should always work whatever drive it's on.

I've gone foggy: Can someone give me the line of hyperlink that I need?

I guess it's cd.. to start with, and then a link to the file, but my brain has clouded over.

TIA

Edit:- I guess it might be :
cd../cd pdfs/ashford.pdf, or Barnstaple.pdf
That sound right?

Not sure if you need to change directory. That would depend if the pdf had links to other files.
The html link form is

Code: Select all

 <a href="file://path_to_file">Some text decribing the file</a>
 

I'd recommend finding some tools to write most of the code for you.
For example ls, dir or find can list the files, one to a line.
Awk can read those filename lines and create a file with lines containing the bulk of the html.
You could then cut and paste into your favorite editor.

[mc2fool]

The HTML for a hyperlink is the <a> tag. See https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_a.asp

So, if your index is in the top level of the USB drive (be it D: or F: or wherever) then the HTML you need is one with a relative URL, e.g.:

<a href="pdfs/Barnstaple.pdf">Barnstaple</a>

The browser will automatically bung onto the front of that the location of the index file, so if it's in D: the link will actually be "file:///D:/pdfs/Barnstaple.pdf".

If, OTOH, you've put the index into a folder off of the top level (why?) e.g. x:/index then use <a href="../pdfs/Barnstaple.pdf">Barnstaple</a>