README
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2 PSERV -- the small web server
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4(pico Server)
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6
7Home on Sourceforge: http://pserv.sourceforge.net
8 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pserv
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10Document Revision: 10 June 2005
11Current Version: 3.4
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13
14WHAT IS IT ?
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16
17pServ is a small, portable HTTP server. It is written in pure C for speed and
18portability. BSD-style sockets are needed to compile. It runs as a standalone program
19and does not require inetd.
20It should be small enough to be used in a mobile computer or to be run on your obsolete
21workstation you have somewhere. We would be happy to know about every strange platform
22it was ported to.
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24NOTES
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26- correct execution of a CGI script is recognized from the result of program
27 execution. So be sure to terminate with the correct return 0 in case of
28 correct execution and return != 0 otherwise.
29- the server can access files, exectuables and links with the permissions
30 which is run with. That is, if you run is as root it can access probably most
31 of your file system. So always run pico server with the least possible
32 user level and be very careful with symbolic links and cgi scripts
33
34KNWON BUGS
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36- not implemented METHOD should respond with 503
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38
39LIMITATIONS
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41- Keep-Alive connections are not handled and
42 always closed.
43- on the fly conversion for non-unix-style text files is extremely poor
44 (correction: the mac-> unix correction works fine but not with DOS files
45 for which there is no need since cr-lf should be always recognized
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47LICENSE and DISCLAIMER
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49
50pico Server Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Riccardo Mottola
51
52This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
53the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
54Foundation; version 2 of the License.
55
56This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
57ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
58FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
59
60You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
61this program; if not, write to the
62Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
6351 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
64Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
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