diff --git a/examples/osgarchive/osgarchive.cpp b/examples/osgarchive/osgarchive.cpp
index 92ec00de8..2c4fa6996 100644
--- a/examples/osgarchive/osgarchive.cpp
+++ b/examples/osgarchive/osgarchive.cpp
@@ -140,7 +140,15 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
 
     if (list)
     {        
-        std::cout<<"Cannot list at present."<<std::endl;
+        std::cout<<"List of files in archive:"<<std::endl;
+        const osgDB::Archive::FileNamePositionMap& indexMap = archive.getFileNamePositionMap();
+        for(osgDB::Archive::FileNamePositionMap::const_iterator itr=indexMap.begin();
+            itr!=indexMap.end();
+            ++itr)
+        {
+            std::cout<<"    "<<itr->first<<"\t"<<itr->second<<std::endl;
+        }
+
     }
     
     
diff --git a/include/osgDB/Archive b/include/osgDB/Archive
index e549bbedf..e723af1f6 100644
--- a/include/osgDB/Archive
+++ b/include/osgDB/Archive
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ class OSGDB_EXPORT Archive : public ReaderWriter
         /** return true if file exists in archive.*/        
         virtual bool fileExists(const std::string& filename) const;
         
+        typedef std::istream::pos_type pos_type;
+        typedef std::map<std::string, pos_type> FileNamePositionMap;
+
+        const FileNamePositionMap& getFileNamePositionMap() const { return _indexMap; }
 
         virtual ReadResult readObject(const std::string& fileName,const Options* options=NULL);
         virtual ReadResult readImage(const std::string& fileName,const Options* options=NULL);
@@ -69,8 +73,6 @@ class OSGDB_EXPORT Archive : public ReaderWriter
     protected:
     
         
-        typedef std::istream::pos_type pos_type;
-        typedef std::map<std::string, pos_type> FileNamePositionMap;
 
         class IndexBlock : public osg::Referenced
         {