NAME

httpfile − serve a single web file

SYNOPSIS

­httpfile [ ­-9d ] [ ­-c ­count ] [ ­-f ­file ] [ ­-m ­mtpt ] [ ­-s ­srvname ] [ ­-x ­net ] ­url

DESCRIPTION

­Httpfile serves the web page specified by the URL ­url as a new file ­file in the directory mtpt. The default ­file is the last path element of the URL, and the default ­mtpt is the current directory. 

­Httpfile does not download large files all at once.  Instead, it requests 64-kilobyte blocks as they are needed to satisfy reads, caching a few blocks in memory at a time. 

The ­-D and ­-d options enable a trace of the 9P traffic and general debugging messages. 

The ­-s option causes ­httpfile to post the 9P service as /srv/srvname and disables the default mount. 

The ­-x option specifies an alternate network directory (e.g., /net.alt). 

The ­-c option sets the number of file blocks kept cached in memory (default 32). 

EXAMPLE

Mount an ISO image on a web server:

ip/httpfile http://www.9grid.de/plan9/plan9.iso
9660srv
mount /srv/9660 /n/iso plan9.iso

SOURCE

­/sys/src/cmd/ip/httpfile.c

SEE ALSO

hget(1), webfs(4)

Plan 9  —  July 15, 2010