serve.py

#!/bin/env python

import SocketServer
import BaseHTTPServer
import SimpleHTTPServer

class ThreadingSimpleServer(SocketServer.ThreadingMixIn,
                   BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer):
    pass

import sys

if sys.argv[1:]:
    port = int(sys.argv[1])
else:
    port = 8000

server = ThreadingSimpleServer(('', port), SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
try:
    while 1:
        sys.stdout.flush()
        server.handle_request()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    print "Finished"