X-Git-Url: http://www.dolda2000.com/gitweb/?p=ashd.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=57c4df9e04d06dd33e28b548a8bd03a90ea785a3;hp=9997fff43f9226c211723631a8d4565ec505a22a;hb=57052193f089a4f126fad95e31e6ec5d099ce1e0;hpb=5085a1f1a84b40944e81a8fe313b33e59bbc9ea5 diff --git a/README b/README index 9997fff..57c4df9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ following might be said to stand out: request handlers to extend the server's functionality; and one can do that even without needing root privileges on the system. + Getting Started + +To get Ashd installed and running quickly, please follow the +instructions in the `INSTALL' file. + Architecture Overview Though the server as a whole is called `Ashd', there is no actual @@ -67,7 +72,7 @@ so please see those for further details. listens to TCP connections and speaks HTTP with the clients. * dirplex -- dirplex is the program used for serving files from - actual directories, in a manner akin to how most other HTTP server + actual directories, in a manner akin to how most other HTTP servers work. In order to do that, dirplex maps URLs into existing physical files, and then performs various kinds of pattern-matching against the names of those physical files to determine the handler to call