[Web-SIG] [ANN] Aspen 0.5 -- module reloading & directory handlers

[Chad Whitacre]

Ian Bicking wrote:
> Chad Whitacre wrote:
>>> >    - I should be able to type "aspen" in any directory and have
>>> >      something smart happen.
>>>
>>> I really can't predict what that would do...?  That doesn't seem simple
>>> to me.  It starts up a web server serving the current directory, I
>>> guess, but with what configuration?  What port, what logging, etc?
>>
>> So there's an interesting question: with a first impression, what
>> would ya'll expect this to do? I'd love to know if I got it right. :-)
> 
> I guess I'd expect it to look for a server config file in the current 
> directory, with some standard filename (e.g., aspen.conf), and then 
> start a server in the foreground.  Or maybe I'd expect it to act like 
> apachectl, and control an existing process.
> 

Any other takers on this one?

   $ cd /usr/local/www/example.com
   $ aspen
   ...

What happens next?




chad