Directory Server using Go
I’ve been spending time learning Go and here’s a small utility I wrote that’s similar to Python’s SimpleHTTPServer. This utility just creates a small HTTP server serving the directory you define: package main import ( "log" "net/http" "os" ) func main() { if len(os.Args) < 2 { log.Fatal("You must enter a path") } path := os.Args[1] http.Handle("/", http.FileServer(http.Dir(path))) http.ListenAndServe(":8000", nil) } Then just do: go build main.go ./serve /etc