HTTP Server to serve Current Directory
by mmahmoodict on 15 Mar 2013 14:20
Suppose, one of your colleague want to see your movie collection on your pc, but you don't want to share the directory. So, the simple solution is - run a http server which serve current directory.
It's simple on linux, since python is install by default!
python -m SimpleHTTPServer <port[optional]>
It runs on port 8000 by default, but you can still change it.
So, just give to your colleague.
http://<YourIP>:8000/
It would serve until you close the terminal window.
If you just need to serve a html file, than - just use nc command on linux!
while true ; do nc -l 9000 < /tmp/index.html ; done
http://<YourIP>:9000/