General-File-Server

This is a general file server made by nodejs. It will be easy for you to access the files on the server through the browser.

Install

just use npm like:

$ npm install -g general-file-server

And the server will be installed. run the command gfs to make it work with default configuration.

$ gfs

Customize

Edit the config.js configure file to make the server meet your needs. The file is in the folder of general-file-server node_modules. It is usually in the path of

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/general-file-server/

module.exports = {
    hostname: '192.168.1.110',       // hostname, or "abc.com"
    port: 1234,                      // port
    root_path: "/",                  // root_path to serve on your file system 
    title: "General File Server",    // title in the page
    logo_link: "/____statics/logo.png"  // href link of the logo
}

As you can see, there are five options you can modify. In particular, the `____statics` folder in the root of general-file-server module is always being served. you can put the static file like .css .js .png etc in it and files can be accessed with href with */____statics/* prefix.
When you put mouse on the link of the file. It will show a qrcode for you. So you can access the folder or download the file through your mobile devices easily.

example

Example

You can use it as a " Android Distribution System"

example1

Scan the qrcode to download the .apk package

example2

If you are using this repo, Your example can be here. You should do something like:

fork this repo
add your example
create a Pull Request
waiting to merge

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) <2015> <Tim Qi>

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