Simple NodeJS file (stream) proxy for local system files

localfileserver.js

var http = require('http'),
    fs = require('fs'),
    port = process.argv[2] || '5000';


var m_names = 
    ["January", "February", "March", 
    "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", 
    "October", "November", "December"];

var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
    var d = new Date(),
        curr_day = d.getDate(),
        curr_month = d.getMonth(),
        curr_year = d.getFullYear(),
        full_date = curr_day + "-" + m_names[curr_month] + "-" + curr_year;
    
    try {
        req.url = req.url.substr(1) ? decodeURIComponent(req.url).substr(1) : process.argv[1];
        
        fs.exists(req.url, function (exists) {
            exists ? console.log(full_date + " >> " + req.url) : 0;
            exists ? fs.createReadStream(req.url).pipe(res) : res.end();
        });
    } 
    catch(ignore) { }
});

server.listen(port);

console.log('http://localhost:'+port);