A simple HTTP server to serve a directory instead of python SimpleHTTPServer

gohttp.go

// To get the code git clone it as shown below:
// git clone https://gist.github.com/lambrospetrou/7b582954357778a42cc6e98477d32910.git gohttp
//
// Run either by `go run gohttp.go`
// Or do a `go install` and run it from your path directly with `gohttp`
// Example: `gohttp -d someDir/`
package main

import (
        "flag"
        "fmt"
        "log"
        "net/http"
        "path"
)

func main() {
        port := flag.String("p", "11111", "Port to use")
        directory := flag.String("d", ".", "Directory to serve")
        flag.Parse()
        var servedDir string = *directory
        if !path.IsAbs(*directory) {
                servedDir = path.Join(path.Dir("."), servedDir)
        }
        fmt.Println("Starting gohttp at ", *port, "and serving ", servedDir)
        log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":"+*port, http.FileServer(http.Dir(servedDir))))
}