Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "expose-dir-via-http"
-version = "1.3.20"
-edition = "2024"
+version = "1.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
 
 [lints.rust]
 unsafe_code = "forbid"

src/main.rs

@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
 use std::{
     net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr},
     num::NonZeroUsize,
-    path::PathBuf,
-    sync::Arc,
     thread::available_parallelism,
 };
 
 use actix_web::{App, HttpServer};
-use clap::{Parser, crate_name, crate_version};
+use clap::{crate_name, crate_version, Parser};
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[clap(name = crate_name!(), version = crate_version!())]
 struct Args {
     /// Directory to expose
-    #[clap(default_value = ".", value_parser = parse_valid_dir)]
-    dir: PathBuf,
+    #[clap(default_value = ".")]
+    dir: String,
 
     /// IP address to use
     #[clap(default_value = "0.0.0.0")]
@@ -25,31 +23,18 @@ struct Args {
     port: u16,
 }
 
-fn parse_valid_dir(dir: &str) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
-    let path = PathBuf::from(dir);
-    match std::fs::metadata(&path) {
-        Ok(metadata) if metadata.is_dir() => Ok(path),
-        Ok(_) => Err(format!("{} is not a directory", path.display())),
-        Err(e) => Err(format!("Error accessing {}: {}", path.display(), e)),
-    }
-}
-
 #[actix_web::main]
 async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let args = Args::parse();
 
-    let dir = Arc::new(args.dir);
+    let dir = args.dir;
     let sock = SocketAddr::new(args.ip, args.port);
 
-    println!(
-        "Starting HTTP server on {sock} exposing dir {}",
-        dir.display()
-    );
+    println!("Starting HTTP server on {sock} exposing dir {dir}");
 
     HttpServer::new(move || {
-        let dir = dir.clone();
         App::new().service(
-            actix_files::Files::new("/", dir.as_ref())
+            actix_files::Files::new("/", dir.clone())
                 .show_files_listing()
                 .prefer_utf8(true),
         )