staticserver.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby -wKU
# encoding: UTF-8

# provided under the MIT license; see
# http://github.com/stilist/ratafiacurrant/blob/master/License

require "rubygems"
require "sinatra"

helpers do
	def list_paths(path)
		list = []
		# directories and entries
		["#{path}*/", "#{path}*.rc"].each { |pattern|
			Dir.glob(pattern).each { |path| list << generate_link(path) }
		}
		list.join("<br>")
	end
	def generate_link(path)
		# link text trimemd to name of directory or entry
		"<a href='/#{path}'>#{path.split('/')[-1]}</a>"
	end
end

get "/" do
	list_paths("#{Dir.pwd}/")
end

get "/*" do
	path = params[:splat].to_s
	if File.file?(path)
		begin
			IO.read(path).gsub(/\n/, "<br>")
		rescue => err
			"Problem reading file: #{err}"
		end
	elsif File.directory?(path)
		list_paths(path)
	end
end