simple fileserver to serve any directory

fileserver.go

package main

import (
	"flag"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"os"
)

func main() {

	port := flag.String("port", "8080", "the port to start the server on")
	flag.Parse()

	cwd, err := os.Getwd()

	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal("cannot start:", err)
	}

	http.Handle("/", http.FileServer(http.Dir(cwd)))

	log.Println("starting in", cwd, "on port", *port)
	if err := http.ListenAndServe(":"+*port, nil); err != nil {
		log.Fatal("cannot start server:", err)
	}

}