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:

   * Currently only DAV 1 support (no LOCKing)
   * depth-header is silently ignored
   * No Versioning, ...
   * not tested with [thread]ing
   * what about Authorization?
   * handling of prefix-urls is not quite sufficient (for each module you have to define a "root"-folder)
   * ...

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.

[Arnaud Laprevote] nearly mature, if you try to use tcl ftpd package with konqueror for having a vfs, it does not work because tcl ftpd has no PASV (passive mode). Sad. I worked on that , but I have a ''half'' solution for PASV in tcl ftpd. And I think the same problem will arise with Windows.

[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...

[Stefan Vogel] Oh wow! Thanks. You're welcome. ''Patches? Why? I don't make any mistakes ... I'm God! :-D ''
Yeah! Sure. Patches, Feedback  ... everything is extremely welcome!

[VI] 2004-08-02 : This is neat.  I needed a way to get something easy going over ssh to be able to mount 
directories.  FTP is a pain to do that.  I haven't tried this out yet, but I'm sure it'll work.

[VI] 2004-08-08 : Not so enamoured anymore.  I have to run on solaris.  first couldn't get tdom to compile.
Then tried to install vfs and tclvfs doesn't have file distributions on sf (there is CVS of course). Without
vfs my windows machine does map the folder (after pausing for like 2 minutes), but then any operation gives
an error.
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