A simple webserver that makes the current directory available via HTTP

gistfile1.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require "webrick"
port = ARGV.count > 0 ? ARGV.last.to_i : 8080
STDERR.puts "Starting WEBRick server on http://localhost:#{port}"
server = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new :Port => port
server.mount "/", WEBrick::HTTPServlet::FileHandler, './'
trap('INT') do 
  STDERR.puts "Stopping WEBRick"
  server.stop
end
server.start