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NAME
httpd, echo - HTTP server
SYNOPSIS
http/httpd [ -n namespace ] srvname netname netdir
http/echo [ -n namespace ] [ -d domain ] [ -r remoteip ] method version
uri [ search ]
DESCRIPTION
Httpd serves the file system described by namespace (default /lib/name‐
space.http), using version 1.0 of the HTTP protocol. It is usually ex‐
ecuted by listen(8) in response to an incoming call on TCP port 80, the
HTTP port. Srvname is the name of the service invoked, typically
tcp80, netname is the name of the network, typically TCP, and netdir is
the network directory for the connection.
Httpd supports only the GET and HEAD methods of the HTTP protocol. The
Content-type (default application/octet-stream) and Content-encoding
(default binary) of a file are determined by looking for suffixes of
the file name in /sys/lib/http.
If the requested URI begins with /magic/server/, httpd executes the
file /bin/http/server to finish servicing the request. Method, ver‐
sion, and uri are those received on the first line of the request,
which is the only line read by httpd before executing the magical
server.
Echo is a trivial server that just returns the method, URI, any search,
and the headers sent by the client.
FILES
/sys/lib/http
content type description file
/lib/namespace.http
default namespace file for httpd
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/httpd
SEE ALSO
newns in auth(2), listen(8)
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