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Sebastian Lohff 2012-04-27 17:39:33 +02:00
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@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ servefile \- small HTTP-Server for temporary file transfer
.SH DISCLAIMER
Do not use this as a normal webserver. This server is optimized for running
a short time and to send files to other people, not for doing performant
a short time and to send files to other people, not for doing high-performance
static file serving.
.SH DESCRIPTION
@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ For SSL support python-openssl (pyssl) needs to be installed. If no key and
cert is given, servefile will generate a keypair for you and display its
fingerprint.
In \fB--tar\fR mode the given file or directory will be on the fly and on
request packed and, through the HTTP connection, piped to the client. Tar files
will be created only containing the top directory given to servefile, so using
path/to/dir/ as \fIfile/directory\fR argument will create a tar file starting
with the dir/ directory. Symlinks will not be dereferenced.
In \fB--tar\fR mode the given file or directory will be packed on (each)
request and piped to the client through the HTTP connection. Tar files
will be created containing only the lowest directory name from the full path,
so using /path/to/dir/ as \fIfile/directory\fR argument will create a tar
file starting with the dir/ directory. When giving a file as argument, only
the file without any path will be in the tar.
Symlinks will not be dereferenced.
.SH COMMAND SUMMARY
.SS "positional arguments:"