Webfs

Jul 20, 2023

Simple http server for static content

This is a simple http server for purely static content. You can use it to serve the content of a ftp server via http for example. It is also nice to export some files quickly by starting an http server in a few seconds without editing a config file first.

Features/Design

  • single process select + non-blocking I/O
  • automatically generates directory listings when asked for a directory check for index.html available as option, caches the listings.
  • no config file, just a few switches. Try “webfsd -h” for a list.
  • Uses $PREFIX/etc/webfsd/mime.types to map file extentions to mime/types not included.
  • supports keep-alive and pipelined requests.
  • serves byte ranges.
  • optional logging in common log file format.


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