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 a simple http server serving a page to execute scans
 
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 ## environment variables
 
 - `GO_SCAN_ADDRESS`: listen address of the http server  
 - `GO_SCAN_PORT`: port of the http server  
 - `GO_SCAN_SCANNER`: name of the scanner to use  
 - `GO_SCAN_OUTPUTDIRECTORY`: path to the output directory for scans  
-- `GO_SCAN_ARGUMENTS`: extra arguments to pass to the scanimage command  
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+- `GO_SCAN_ARGUMENTS`: extra arguments to pass to the scanimage command  
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+## build process
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+- `git clone https://git.velvettear.de/velvettear/go-scan.git`
+- `cd go-scan`
+- `go build`
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