WebNFS Developer's Guide

How Do I Browse the Exported Filesystems of a Server?

If you have a URL to an exported filesystem, you can browse the exported filesystem by listing directories and subdirectories. However, if you want to discover the exported filesystems on an NFS server, only the MOUNT protocol can do that. On UNIX clients you can use the showmount or dfshare" commands to obtain a list of exported filesystems from an NFS server.