HTTPD(8) HTTPD(8)
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/namespace.http), using version 1.0 of the HTTP proto-
col. It is usually executed 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 net-
work 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 exe-
cutes the file /bin/http/server to finish servicing the
request. Method, version, 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)