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Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/949/ https://xkcd.com/949/

pmlnr 9y ago
Yesterday I wanted to quickly send over some large files from my debian server to an ancient windows one on my home network. The server is running on ZFS, so in theory, install samba, set usershares on, zfs set smbshare=on rpool/x. I ended up copying over on an SD card after ~1 hour of fighting with smb version compatibility, smb vs linux permissions, workgroup mismatches due to localised windows.
- icebraining 9y ago
  I find HTTP generally much more reliable. Normally I use woof (just run "woof <file>" to start an HTTP server serving that file), but I'd like to find something better, since it doesn't handle multiple connections well. woof also supports uploads (shows a basic uploading page), which is nice when you want to transfer to a server. http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/woof.html http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/woof.html (but it's packaged in Debian)
  - fzzzy 9y ago
    I do this all the time too. I use Twisted wherever twistd is installed by default: twistd -n web -p 8000 --path ./path/ I've also used the npm package http-server when node is more convenient: npm install -g http-server && http-server -p 8000 ./path/
    - icebraining 9y ago
      Thanks for the suggestions!
    - nileshtrivedi 9y ago
      python -m http.server
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago
  Ha, I ssh-ed a box and wanted to download a file ... several stackexchange threads later and I ignored ssh/rcp and other suggestions and just used the fish: protocol in dolphin (on KDE) and drag-dropped the file. I'm sure it took way longer than it should but the other methods seemed way more complex, I was expecting a ftp-like copy command to be available.
  - fzzzy 9y ago
    Hmm, scp is pretty easy to use. If you can ssh to a host, it should work.
- StavrosK 9y ago
  I like magic-wormhole for this: https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole
darkstar999 9y ago
Also probably relevant: https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/
leke 9y ago
Nowadays, the chat apps are quite impressive too https://telegram.org/blog/files-on-steroids https://telegram.org/blog/files-on-steroids
gfody 9y ago
http://xkcd949.com/ http://xkcd949.com/ popped up around that time
okreallywtf 9y ago
I came looking to see who got to this first.

Yesterday I wanted to quickly send over some large files from my debian server to an ancient windows one on my home network. The server is running on ZFS, so in theory, install samba, set usershares on, zfs set smbshare=on rpool/x. I ended up copying over on an SD card after ~1 hour of fighting with smb version compatibility, smb vs linux permissions, workgroup mismatches due to localised windows.

icebraining 9y ago
I find HTTP generally much more reliable. Normally I use woof (just run "woof <file>" to start an HTTP server serving that file), but I'd like to find something better, since it doesn't handle multiple connections well. woof also supports uploads (shows a basic uploading page), which is nice when you want to transfer to a server. http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/woof.html http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/woof.html (but it's packaged in Debian)
- fzzzy 9y ago
  I do this all the time too. I use Twisted wherever twistd is installed by default: twistd -n web -p 8000 --path ./path/ I've also used the npm package http-server when node is more convenient: npm install -g http-server && http-server -p 8000 ./path/
  - icebraining 9y ago
    Thanks for the suggestions!
  - nileshtrivedi 9y ago
    python -m http.server
pbhjpbhj 9y ago
Ha, I ssh-ed a box and wanted to download a file ... several stackexchange threads later and I ignored ssh/rcp and other suggestions and just used the fish: protocol in dolphin (on KDE) and drag-dropped the file. I'm sure it took way longer than it should but the other methods seemed way more complex, I was expecting a ftp-like copy command to be available.
- fzzzy 9y ago
  Hmm, scp is pretty easy to use. If you can ssh to a host, it should work.
StavrosK 9y ago
I like magic-wormhole for this: https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole

darkstar999 9y ago

Also probably relevant: https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/

leke 9y ago

Nowadays, the chat apps are quite impressive too https://telegram.org/blog/files-on-steroids https://telegram.org/blog/files-on-steroids

gfody 9y ago

http://xkcd949.com/ http://xkcd949.com/ popped up around that time

okreallywtf 9y ago

I came looking to see who got to this first.