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.gitignore

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+/target
+**/*.rs.bk

Cargo.toml

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+[package]
+name = "http-server"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Damjan Georgievski <gdamjan@gmail.com>"]
+license = "MIT"
+readme = "README.md"
+
+[dependencies]
+actix = "*"
+actix-web = { git = "https://github.com/actix/actix-web.git" }
+futures = "0.1"
+tar = "0.4"
+
+[patch.crates-io]
+actix = { git = "https://github.com/actix/actix.git" }

LICENSE

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+Copyright (c) 2009 Damjan Georgievski
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
+conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
+OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

README.md

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+a simple http server like `python -m http.server` but:
+
+* written in rust with actix, should be faster
+* allow concurency
+* download whole directories in .tar format
+* better auto index
+* maybe announce itself on mDNS (avahi)
+* maybe compress
+
+Usage:
+
+```
+http-server [--bind ADDRESS] [--chdir DIRECTORY] [port]
+
+  port                  Specify alternate port [default: 8000]
+  --bind ADDRESS        Specify alternate bind address [default: all interfaces]
+  --chdir DIRECTORY     Specify directory to server [default: current directory]
+```