I just announced a running version of WebDAV-support for TclHttpd. (Stefan Vogel 28. July 2004)
For further infos, downloads and instructions have a look at http://www.vogel-nest.de (follow the link to WebDAV).
This page is provided for further discussion.
At the moment this software is pre-alpha-status. I did it as a fun-project. But when I have a look at it (especially how fast things develop ... at least when you have climbed the start-learning-curve) I see a lot of opportunities here.
E.g. TclHttpd is often used as an embedded webserver in applications (because it is very small). So you can now easily provide WebDAV-support as well. With this you can also integrate your application easily in Konqueror (using "webdav:"-protocol-support) or Windows-Explorer/Internet-Explorer (with "Web folders").
BUT ... many features are still missing:
What are you missing?
SEH Looks nice, but the world is full of half-done WebDAV implementations. I hope you folow through and get this to a mature state, then you may really have something.
What advantage does WebDAV have over ftp in the area of filesystem mounting? Windows Explorer will mount an ftp site as well as a WebDAV site, and ::tcllib::ftpd is a mature package.
CMcC there's a free WebDAV test suite here: http://www.webdav.org/neon/litmus/ which might ease the development. I like that this suite has been integrated with TclHttpd.
Stefan Vogel SEH, you're half-right. There are way too much half-done WebDAV implementation (like this ;-). But in fact there aren't many WebDAV implementations anyway. I don't think that this will come to a mature state. Who ever runs TclHttpd ... do they really need a full-blown WebDAV-implemenation integrated in that? When it comes to embedding a webserver into an app (for what reason ever), maybe its worth thinking of adding WebDAV-support to get a more comfortable access to data. And its definitly worth adding ftp-access as well.
SDW You are a G0d. I'm in the middle of writing a web-based intranet using tclhttpd, mysql, and Odie, and I need a good way to sync with iCal. This package takes care of most of the bitch work. Thank you thank you thank you. Be prepared for a flood of patches as soon as I start playing with it though...