Reading Files from client directory folder using servlets or struts.

HI All,
Could you please help me out int the below query.
I want read all files from paricular directory folder from the client machine in web application. I am able to do it from my local machine. but when I am try to do it from some other machine I am not able to get the file list.
It is very urgent ..please hep me ASAP.

It should be problem with the file permissions in your client machine ???Hardly.
@OP: a servlet executes at the server. It doesn't haved any access whatsoever to the client machine.

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