.Dd September 23, 2021
.Dt QUICK 1
.Os
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.Sh NAME
.Nm quick
.Nd (and dirty) HTTP/CGI server
.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Ar script
.Op Ar args ...
.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a barely functional HTTP server
for running CGI scripts.
It listens only on localhost,
on a randomly assigned port,
unless
.Fl p
is used.
The URL of the server
is printed to standard output.
.
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Dl quick cgit | xargs -n1 open
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.Sh STANDARDS
.Nm
does
.Em not
implement the following:
.Bl -item
.It
.Rs
.%A T. Berners-Lee
.%A R. Fielding
.%A H. Frystyk
.%A J. Gettys
.%A J. Mogul
.%T Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
.%R RFC 2068
.%U https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2068
.%D January 1997
.Re
.It
.Rs
.%A K. Coar
.%A D. Robinson
.%T The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Version 1.1
.%R RFC 3875
.%U https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3875
.%D October 2004
.Re
.El
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.Sh CAVEATS
Oh, so many.
No error handling,
no validation,
no security.
This is a local testing tool only.
.Pp
Every response is served as a 200 OK.