On 2018-06-07, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > I'm following the instructions here: > > https://docs.python.org/3/library/http.server.html > > > and running this from the command line as a regular unprivileged user: > > python3.5 -m http.server 8000 > > What I expected was a directory listing of my current directory. > > What I got was Livejournal's front page.
Looking into the crystal ball and guessing that "got" means you pointed a browser at "http://localhost:8000/"... Do you have a file named "index.html" in your home directory? https://docs.python.org/3/library/http.server.html If the request was mapped to a directory, the directory is checked for a file named index.html or index.htm (in that order). If found, the file’s contents are returned; -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I want another at RE-WRITE on my CEASAR gmail.com SALAD!! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list