FileGopherServer is a Gopher server which serves the file listing.

I've tried as much as possible to align the implementation with the Gopher RFC 1436. This server is non-gopher+, but supports gateway for gopher+ clients as a forward compatibility.

Gopher is a pre-HTTP protocol for browsing the internet. It is easy to use and light-weight, even for implementation. To know more about Gopher visit wiki page Wiki.

FileGopherServer depends upon boost library. Install boost library and then compile FileGopherServer.

$ g++ -o server server.cpp FileGopherServer.cpp -std=gnu++11 -lboost_program_options

$ ./server -d <directory-to-serve>

For example, to serve current directory:

$ ./server -d .

In order to see server contents, you will need a Gopher client.

Ubuntu has it in it's repository. To install it, type:

$ sudo apt-get install gopher

See Overbite Project for clients for major platforms.

DiggieDog is a nice client for Android.

• Implement efficient method to check a file is text or binary.
• Add option to list hidden files.

You can find the docs here.