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PyWebDAV is a standards compliant WebDAV server and library written in Python


DESCRIPTION
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Python WebDAV implementation (level 1 and 2) that features a library that enables you
to integrate WebDAV server capabilities to your application

A fully working example on how to use the library is included. You can find the server in the DAVServer package. Upon installation a script called davserver is created in your $PYTHON/bin directory.

If you search an easy to use WebDAV server that supports most clients (cadaver, Mac OS X Finder, Windows Explorer, ...) then try out PyWebDAV.


INSTALLATION
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Installation and setup of server can be as easy as follows:

$ easy_install PyWebDAV 
$ davserver -D /tmp -n -J

If you're living on the bleeding edge then check out the sourcecode from
http://code.google.com/p/pywebdav/source/checkout

After having downloaded code simply install a development egg:

$ svn co svn checkout http://pywebdav.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ pywebdav
$ cd pywebdav
$ python setup.py develop
$ davserver --help

Send patches to http://code.google.com/p/pywebdav/issues/list

If you want to use the library then have a look at the DAVServer package that
holds all code for a full blown server. Also doc/ARCHITECURE has information for you.


QUESTIONS?
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Ask here http://groups.google.com/group/pywebdav
or send an email to the maintainer.


REQUIREMENTS
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- Python 2.4  or higher (www.python.org)
- PyXML 0.66 (pyxml.sourceforge.net)


LICENSE
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General Public License v2
see doc/LICENSE


AUTHOR(s)
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Simon Pamies [*]
Bielefeld, Germany
s.pamies@banality.de

Christian Scholz
Aachen, Germany
mrtopf@webdav.de

Vince Spicer
Ontario, Canada
vince@vince.ca

[*]: Current Maintainer


OPTIONAL
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- MySQLdb (http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python)
- Mysql server 4.0+ for Mysql authentication with
  with read/write access to one database


NOTES
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Look inside the file doc/TODO for things which needs to be done and will be done 
in the near future. 

Have a look at doc/ARCHITECTURE to understand what's going on under the hood