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authorSenthil Kumaran <orsenthil@gmail.com>2010-06-16 17:37:32 (GMT)
committerSenthil Kumaran <orsenthil@gmail.com>2010-06-16 17:37:32 (GMT)
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Addressing RDM's review comments on the doc change.
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@@ -82,15 +82,16 @@ The :mod:`SimpleHTTPServer` module defines the following class:
``text/`` the file is opened in text mode; otherwise binary mode is used.
The :func:`test` function in the :mod:`SimpleHTTPServer` module is an
- example which interfaces the :class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` as a
- Handler to the :mod:`BaseHTTPServer` module.
+ example which creates a server using the
+ :class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` as the Handler.
.. versionadded:: 2.5
The ``'Last-Modified'`` header.
The :mod:`SimpleHTTPServer` module can be used the following manner in order to
-setup a very basic web server serving files relative to the current directory.::
+set up a very basic web server serving files relative to the current
+directory.::
import SimpleHTTPServer
import SocketServer
@@ -104,8 +105,9 @@ setup a very basic web server serving files relative to the current directory.::
print "serving at port", PORT
httpd.serve_forever()
-It can also be invoked directly using the ``-m`` switch of interpreter a with
-``port number`` argument.::
+:mod:`SimpleHTTPServer` module can also be invoked directly using the ``-m``
+switch of interpreter with a ``port number`` argument. Similar to previous
+example, this serves the files relative to the current directory.::
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000