Use esc to embed static assets

main.go

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
+//go:generate esc -o static.go static
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
@@ -12,13 +13,10 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"path"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 )
 
-var StaticDir string = "./static/"
-
 var myLDAP = LDAP{
 	Host: "localhost",
 	Port: 389,
@@ -70,15 +68,10 @@ func main() {
 	var bind = flag.String("bind", "127.0.0.1:8080", "Bind port/socket")
 	var baseURL = flag.String("baseurl", "/", "URL prepended to each URL")
 	var configfile = flag.String("config", "config.json", "path to the configuration file")
-	flag.StringVar(&StaticDir, "static", StaticDir, "Directory containing static files")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	// Sanitize options
-	var err error
 	log.Println("Checking paths...")
-	if StaticDir, err = filepath.Abs(StaticDir); err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
 	if *baseURL != "/" {
 		tmp := path.Clean(*baseURL)
 		baseURL = &tmp