socket.error: [Errno 48] Address already in use

Question

I\'m trying to set up a server with python from mac terminal.

I navigate to folder location an use:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

Bu

Answer 1

By the way, to prevent this from happening in the first place, simply press Ctrl+C in terminal while SimpleHTTPServer is still running normally. This will "properly" stop the server and release the port so you don't have to find and kill the process again before restarting the server.

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