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diff --git a/Doc/library/simplehttpserver.rst b/Doc/library/simplehttpserver.rst index 79e01d0..ecb9340 100644 --- a/Doc/library/simplehttpserver.rst +++ b/Doc/library/simplehttpserver.rst @@ -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 |