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authorStéphane Wirtel <stephane@wirtel.be>2017-05-24 07:29:06 (GMT)
committerVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2017-05-24 07:29:06 (GMT)
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bpo-28707: Add the directory parameter to http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler and http.server module (#1776)
* bpo-28707: call the constructor of SimpleHTTPRequestHandler in the test with a mock object * bpo-28707: Add the directory parameter to http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler and http.server module
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@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ If-Modified-Since header. The server returns the 304 response status if the
target file was not modified after the time specified in the header.
(Contributed by Pierre Quentel in :issue:`29654`.)
+Add the parameter ``directory`` to the :class:`~http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler`
+and the ``--directory`` to the command line of the module :mod:`~http.server`.
+With this parameter, the server serves the specified directory, by default it uses the current working directory.
+(Contributed by Stéphane Wirtel and Julien Palard in :issue:`28707`.)
+
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