1  serve(){
 2      dir=${1:-`pwd`}
 3      port=${2:-8080}
 4      host=${3:-localhost}
 5      tempconf=/tmp/lighttpd_${port}.conf
 6  
 7      # Loop until we have a port unused by another lighttpd instance
 8      while ls $tempconf &> /dev/null ; do
 9  	port=$(expr $port + 1 )
10  	tempconf=/tmp/lighttpd_${port}.conf
11      done
12  
13      # Create the temporary config
14      echo "server.document-root = \"${dir}\" 
15      server.port          = $port
16      server.bind          = \"$host\"
17      dir-listing.activate = \"enable\"" > $tempconf
18      echo "serving '$dir' on http://$host:$port"
19  
20      lighttpd -Df $tempconf
21  
22      # Cleanup, though a trap might be better
23      rm $tempconf
24  }