[jdp] - An 8 line server. Serves text files out of, or below, the current directory. As no headers are sent, it depends on the browser what he does with it - IE6 seems to expect HTML 0.9 (i.e. linebreaks are ignored, etc.) ====== proc s {c a p} { set o [lindex [split [gets $c] " "] 1] puts $c [read [set f [open ".$o"]]] close $f close $c } set s [socket -server s 3210] vwait forever ====== [jdp] - After spending time in the chatroom, with the help of [stu] and [suchenwi], it became a 1-line, 140-char server. (Interactive mode only, though.) ====== vw [soc -server {appl {{c a p} {puts $c [read [set f [open .[regsub {\.\.+} [lindex [split [gets $c] \ ] 1] x]]]][close $f];close $c}}} 80] ====== [RS] 2009-05-29: The [fcopy] version is still a few bytes shorter: ====== vw [soc -server {appl {{c a p} {fcopy [set f [open .[regsub {\.\.+} [lindex [split [gets $c] \ ] 1] x]]] $c;close $f;close $c}}} 80] ====== In fact, I'm pretty sure the [split] isn't needed, as {} etc can't occur in URLs. Down to 121 characters: ====== vw [soc -server {appl {{c a p} {fcopy [set f [open .[regsub {\.\.+} [lindex [gets $c] 1] x]]] $c;close $f;close $c}}} 80] ====== [jdp] 2009-06-01: Perhaps the 'x' should be replaced with some character that is illegal in filenames, to avoid conflict with files and directories named 'x'. Also, if we set the read/write modes to be binary, then we can actually serve any file (not just text files). Unfortunately, that enhancement costs us 37 characters, making it 158 characters. ====== vw [soc -server {appl {{c a p} {fconfigure $c -translation binary;fcopy [set f [open .[regsub {\.\.+} [lindex [gets $c] 1] /] rb]] $c;close $f;close $c}}} 80] ====== cjl 2009-06-01 : Silly mod, but following the readability-reducing example set earlier, it can be reduced to 131 chars. ====== vw [soc -server {appl {{c a p} {fcon $c -t binary;fcop [set f [op .[regs {\.\.+} [lind [ge $c] 1] /] rb]] $c;clos $f;clos $c}}} 80] ====== [RS] 2009-06-04 Have you tested that? On my 8.5.1, [apply] does no command completion, so I get invalid command name "fcon" The ''binary'' keyword to fconfigure can't be abbreviated either. ---- !!!!!! %| Category Example |% !!!!!!