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+++ b/tests/dumbhttp.py	Thu Oct 16 13:48:51 2014 +0900
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+Small and dumb HTTP server for use in tests.
+"""
+
+from optparse import OptionParser
+import BaseHTTPServer, SimpleHTTPServer, os, signal, subprocess, sys
+
+
+def run(server_class=BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer,
+        handler_class=SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler,
+        server_address=('localhost', 8000)):
+    httpd = server_class(server_address, handler_class)
+    httpd.serve_forever()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = OptionParser()
+    parser.add_option('-p', '--port', dest='port', type='int', default=8000,
+        help='TCP port to listen on', metavar='PORT')
+    parser.add_option('-H', '--host', dest='host', default='localhost',
+        help='hostname or IP to listen on', metavar='HOST')
+    parser.add_option('--pid', dest='pid',
+        help='file name where the PID of the server is stored')
+    parser.add_option('-f', '--foreground', dest='foreground',
+        action='store_true',
+        help='do not start the HTTP server in the background')
+
+    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, lambda x, y: sys.exit(0))
+
+    if options.foreground and options.pid:
+        parser.error("options --pid and --foreground are mutually exclusive")
+
+    if options.foreground:
+        run(server_address=(options.host, options.port))
+    else:
+        # This doesn't attempt to cleanly detach the process, as it's not
+        # meant to be a long-lived, independent process. As a consequence,
+        # it's still part of the same process group, and keeps any file
+        # descriptors it might have inherited besided stdin/stdout/stderr.
+        # Trying to do things cleanly is more complicated, requires
+        # OS-dependent code, and is not worth the effort.
+        proc = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, __file__, '-f',
+            '-H', options.host, '-p', str(options.port)],
+            stdin=open(os.devnull, 'r'),
+            stdout=open(os.devnull, 'w'),
+            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        if options.pid:
+            fp = file(options.pid, 'wb')
+            fp.write(str(proc.pid) + '\n')
+            fp.close()