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-rw-r--r--src/args.rs5
-rw-r--r--src/main.rs5
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/args.rs b/src/args.rs
index ad5f1d6..95ddaf7 100644
--- a/src/args.rs
+++ b/src/args.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ struct CLIArgs {
#[structopt(name = "PATH", parse(from_os_str))]
path: Option<PathBuf>,
- /// name of an index file to serve by default
+ /// The name of a directory index file to serve, like "index.html"
+ ///
+ /// Normally, when miniserve serves a directory, it creates a listing for that directory.
+ /// However, if a directory contains this file, miniserve will serve that file instead.
#[structopt(long, parse(from_os_str), name="index_file")]
index: Option<PathBuf>,
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c31341e..11cf5c7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ pub struct MiniserveConfig {
/// Default color scheme
pub default_color_scheme: themes::ColorScheme,
- /// name of an index file to serve by default
+ /// The name of a directory index file to serve, like "index.html"
+ ///
+ /// Normally, when miniserve serves a directory, it creates a listing for that directory.
+ /// However, if a directory contains this file, miniserve will serve that file instead.
pub index: Option<std::path::PathBuf>,
/// Enable file upload