This  patch  adds a  way  to  add the  functionality  to  the server  by
specifying  extra files  it should  source on  startup. Those  files can
define  MIME  type handlers,  subtree  handlers  etc (see  the  server's
documentation for what they can do -- very powerful stuff).

According to the  software's author, Brent Welch, there  is currently no
other  way  to extend  the  server  -- other  then  adding  code to  the
httpd.tcl (or other files) directly. The tclhttpd.rc file is executed by
a safe interpreter and so can not load any other files itself.

+++ bin/httpd.tcl	2000/05/16 23:09:50
@@ -152,4 +152,5 @@
         [list threads.arg      [cget threads]      {Number of worker threads (zero for non-threaded)}] \
         [list library.arg      [cget library]      {Directory list where custom packages and auto loads are}] \
+        [list extrafiles.arg   [cget ExtraFiles]   {Extra files to source}] \
 	[list debug.arg	       0	        {If true, start interactive command loop}] \
     ] \
@@ -228,7 +229,9 @@
     }
 }
-if ![catch {
+if {[catch {
     setuid $Config(uid) $Config(gid)
-}] {
+} e]}  {
+    Stderr "failed to suid to $Config(uid).$Config(gid): $e"
+} else {
     Stderr "Running as user $Config(uid)"
 }
@@ -256,4 +259,6 @@
     append error "\n$errorInfo"
     error $error
+} else {
+    puts stderr "Sourced [file nativename $Config(main)] nicely"
 }
 
+++ bin/httpdthread.tcl	2000/05/10 19:32:55
@@ -142,2 +142,14 @@
 }
 
+if {[info exists Config(extrafiles)]} {
+	puts stderr "Proceeding to source $Config(extrafiles)"
+	foreach f $Config(extrafiles) {
+		if {[catch "source $f" e]} {
+			puts stderr "Failed to source $f: $e"
+		} else {
+			puts stderr "Sourced $f ($e)."
+		}
+	}
+} else {
+	puts stderr "No extra files specified"
+}