Commit a3e3e36d authored by Senthil Kumaran's avatar Senthil Kumaran

Addressing RDM's review comments on the doc change.

parent e55a2052
......@@ -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
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