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From time to time I have the need to make the contents of a directory available
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via HTTP. There are a few ways to achieve this. If its content you want to
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access frequently you might set up a virtual host in Apache or nginx. For more
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ad-hoc needs the options include [Python's SimpleHTTPServer][python] module,
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which is part of the standard library:
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python -m SimpleHTTPServer
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[python]: http://docs.python.org/library/simplehttpserver.html
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And [mongoose]. A cross-platform (Windows, \*nix), minimal web server written in
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C without any external dependencies. In its simplest case you run mongoose from
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the directory to be served. If more advanced usage is required such as SSL,
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authorisation or CGI these can be enabled on the command line or in a
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configuration file.
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[mongoose]: http://code.google.com/p/mongoose/
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Both SimpleHTTPServer and mongoose support directory listings and index
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files out of the box.
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