Simple File Server (SFS)

This application starts a file server that serves a directory's contents on HTTP in the local network.

By default it serves the directory that it is started in, and listens on port 8100. Both values can be changed on the command line:

• -d <path>: sets the path that is served by sfs
• -p <port>: sets the port that sfs listens on

The file server is accessible on the local network at the address of the host machine. The program prints this information on standard out so the address doesn't need to be looked up. The output of the program is something like this:

2022/12/30 23:21:54 Serving . on HTTP port: 8100
2022/12/30 23:21:54 Within your local network, browse: 192.168.0.105:8100
2022/12/30 23:21:54 Use -d <path> to change the served directory, -p <port> to change the port

Compilation

The application needs to be compiled. In order to do that, a working Go build environment is needed. Please refer to your distribution's package manager or visit this page for information on how to install Go.

Note

Go can typically be installed using package managers, although it might not be the latest version that's available (especially if the package manager serves a point release distribution). Some install commands for popular package managers are:

Arch/Manjaro: pacman -S go Fedora: dnf install golang Ubuntu: apt-get install golang

Once Go is available on the system, the compilation can be performed by issuing:

go build -mod=mod -o build/sfs ./cmd/sfs

or by using the attached Makefile:

make all

The binary will be available in the build folder of the repositry root.

Installation

The application can also be installed from github using the following command:

go install github.com/nagygr/sfs/cmd/sfs@latest

Note

Please note, that the command above also requires Go to be installed on the system. Please see details about Go installation above.