If you need to provide a directory to serve just for demo sake, or allow people to briefly be able to download files from your system, and you have python with you (Linux or Mac OS X, Windows will need a separate download). You just need to go the the directory you want to serve, type in the one liner in the command line “python -c 'import SimpleHTTPServer; SimpleHTTPServer.test()'” and proceed to http://localhost:8000/ and your webserver is ready to do your bidding.

Sample Web Serving thru Python

Tip thanks to tekNico (or Nicola Larosa), deep in the bowels of the fortunes page where it reads:

Instant web server:
1) cd /directory/to/be/published
2) python -c 'import SimpleHTTPServer; SimpleHTTPServer.test()'
3) point your browser to http://localhost:8000/
4) Profit. :^)
 -- N. Larosa

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