quick serve some static files with node.js

usage_and_dependencies

node >= 0.4.1
node-static >= 0.5.9


put somewhere in your $PATH and:

webserver /path/to/dir
# will serve files from that dir
webserver . 
# will serve from current dir

webserver

#!/usr/bin/env node

var static = require('node-static');
var filedir = process.argv[2]

var fileserver = new static.Server(filedir);

require('http').createServer(function (request, response) {
    request.addListener('end', function () {
        fileserver.serve(request, response);
    });
}).listen(8080);

console.log('Serving static data on port 8080 from dir ' + filedir )