How do I use .htaccess to stop webserver listing all files in directory?

[Alien]

Hi guys,

Currently in my webserver I got a directory call: ..../htdocs/upload/

Currently, all files are listed when users go to www.mysite.com/upload/

The way it works, when user click on a file link in my system, they redirected to this directory like this:

https://www.mysites.com/upload/invoice.txt

So If I have

deny from all

It stops listing all files but in the process doesn't allow me to view files when I click on the link.

Is there a way I can tweak it so when users directly go to

www.mysite.com/upload/ they get 403 error BUT if they go they go to:
http://mysite.com/upload/invoice.txt
they don't get 403 error?

Thanks.

[Alien]

Using

IndexIgnore *

worked for me.

I can still open files directly without seeing the index listing when I just do upto /upload

[Luuk]

You could also put an empty index.html file in that directory.
(or one with some text, explaining why there's noting to see there...)

Or the following index.php:

<?php
        header('Location: ..');
?>