#from Gnome's Guide to Webrick

require 'webrick'
include WEBrick # let's import the namespace so
                # I don't have to keep typing
                # WEBrick:: in this documentation.
def start_webrick(config = {})
# always listen on port 8080
 config.update(:Port => 8080)
 server = HTTPServer.new(config)
 yield server if block_given?
 ['INT', 'TERM'].each {|signal|
      trap(signal) {server.shutdown}
 }
 server.start
end
start_webrick(:DocumentRoot => 'c:/')