neato

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 *.tar
 simpleserve
+*.tar
 *.sw*
 **.sw*
+server

build.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
-ss=simpleserve
-
 function main() {
    init
    server
@@ -15,15 +13,9 @@ function init() {
 }
 
 function server() {
-   pushd "$GOPATH/src/local/$ss"
+   local f="./server"
-   local f="$(gobuild)"
+   GOOS=linux CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o "$f" -a -installsuffix cgo >&2
-   popd
+   echo "$f"
-   mv "$f" "./$ss"
-}
-
-function gobuild() {
-   GOOS=linux CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o /tmp/${PWD##*/} -a -installsuffix cgo >&2
-   echo "/tmp/${PWD##*/}"
 }
 
 function gitname() {
@@ -35,7 +27,7 @@ function gitname() {
 }
 
 function pack() {
-   tar -czf "$1.tar" "$ss" "public"
+   tar -czf "$1.tar" "./server" "./public"
    echo "$1.tar"
 }
 

main.go

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+Serve is a very simple static file server in go
+Usage:
+	-p="8100": port to serve on
+	-d=".":    the directory of static files to host
+Navigating to http://localhost:8100 will display the index.html or directory
+listing file.
+*/
+package main
+
+import (
+	"local/args"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	fs := args.NewArgSet()
+	fs.Append(args.STRING, "p", "port to serve", "8100")
+	fs.Append(args.STRING, "d", "static path to serve", "./public")
+	if err := fs.Parse(); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	d := fs.Get("d").GetString()
+	p := strings.TrimPrefix(fs.Get("p").GetString(), ":")
+
+	http.Handle("/", http.FileServer(http.Dir(d)))
+
+	log.Printf("Serving %s on HTTP port: %s\n", d, p)
+
+	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":"+p, nil))
+}