PNFLib

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PNFLib is a component of Classic Mac OS Personal Web Sharing mentioned in the HTML directory listings it creates.

The PNF in the name likely refers to Personal NetFinder, which the documentation says is responsible for generating the list view pages.[1]

Known versions

Mac OS PWS About PWS Extension PNFLib
9.2.2 1.5 1.5.5 1.5.1a1
9.1
8.6 1.5.1

Seeing the mention

  1. On the Classic Mac OS computer, start Personal Web Sharing
  2. Navigate to a directory listing page (on a clean install, the root of the website is one)
  3. View source

Output with mention

On Mac OS 9.1:

<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Web Pages</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor=#FFFFFF>
<!-- HTML generated by PNFLib 1.5.1a1 - written by Kevin Arnold in 1.5.5.
Copyright:	© 1995-1997 by Apple Computer, Inc., all rights reserved. -->
<TABLE nowrap border=0 cellpadding=2>
	<TD align=center nowrap height=17 ALT="[ICON]">5 items</TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap><a href="/PNF:byName:/"><B>Name</B></a></TD>
	<TD align=right nowrap><a href="/PNF:bySize:/">Size</a></TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap></TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap><a href="/PNF:byKind:/">Kind</a></TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap><a href="/PNF:byDate:/">Date</a></TD>
<TR>
	<TD colspan=6 height=10><HR></TD>
<TR>
	<TD align=center nowrap height=17 ALT="[ICON]"><a href="/About%20Personal%20WebSharing.htm"><img border=0 width=16 height=16 src="/PNFIconGraphics/BinaryIcon.GIF"></TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap><a href="/About%20Personal%20WebSharing.htm">About Personal WebSharing.htm</a></TD>
	<TD align=right nowrap>4 K</TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap></TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap> document</TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap>Tue, Jul 27, 1999, 12:00 PM</TD>
<TR>
	<TD align=center nowrap height=17 ALT="[ICON]"><a href="/default.html"><img border=0 width=16 height=16 src="/PNFIconGraphics/BinaryIcon.GIF"></TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap><a href="/default.html">default.html</a></TD>
	<TD align=right nowrap>4 K</TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap></TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap> document</TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap>Tue, Jul 27, 1999, 12:00 PM</TD>
<TR>
	<TD align=center nowrap height=17 ALT="[ICON]"><a href="/PNF:byName:/PNFIconGraphics/"><img border=0 width=16 height=16 src="/PNFIconGraphics/FolderIcon.GIF"></TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap><a href="/PNF:byName:/PNFIconGraphics/">PNFIconGraphics</a></TD>
	<TD align=right nowrap>-</TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap></TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap>folder</TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap>Mon, May 16, 2022, 6:39 PM</TD>
<TR>
	<TD align=center nowrap height=17 ALT="[ICON]"><a href="/PNF:byName:/Sample%20Files%20%26%20Templates/"><img border=0 width=16 height=16 src="/PNFIconGraphics/FolderIcon.GIF"></TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap><a href="/PNF:byName:/Sample%20Files%20%26%20Templates/">Sample Files & Templates</a></TD>
	<TD align=right nowrap>-</TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap></TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap>folder</TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap>Mon, May 15, 1922, 11:56 PM</TD>
<TR>
	<TD align=center nowrap height=17 ALT="[ICON]"><a href="/Using%20Personal%20WebSharing.html"><img border=0 width=16 height=16 src="/PNFIconGraphics/BinaryIcon.GIF"></TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap><a href="/Using%20Personal%20WebSharing.html">Using Personal WebSharing.html</a></TD>
	<TD align=right nowrap>59 K</TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap></TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap> document</TD>
	<TD align=left nowrap>Tue, Jul 27, 1999, 12:00 PM</TD>
</TABLE>
<br>
<br>
</BODY>
</HTML>
  1. Macintosh HD:Documents:Web Pages:Using Personal WebSharing.html