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I've been building a fully featured CLI tool for Firefox Send, supporting this new release. For anyone that is interested: https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend h

I've been building a fully featured CLI tool for Firefox Send, supporting this new release. For anyone that is interested: https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend

kevinherron 8y ago
This is neat, thanks.
drewg123 8y ago
FWIW, I built and successfully ran it on FreeBSD-current. The only hiccup I ran into was that it puked building due to not having /usr/local/lib in its lib search path & not being able to find libxcb. I had to manually add -L/usr/local/lib to the cc args and manually link it. Not sure if that is a FreeBSD issue w/Rust, or something in your package. At any rate, the tool works! Thanks so much.
- timvisee 8y ago
  Thanks for sharing your solution! Not sure what is causing it (maybe it's OpenSSL binding related), and am currently not really targeting FreeBSD yet. I wasn't fully ready with this tool for the Firefox Send release to be honest, would have loved to be able to provide better binaries and packages for more platforms, which are a work in progress. If you believe you can improve the README with your solution, be sure to submit a [PR](https://gitlab.com/timvisee/ffsend/ https://gitlab.com/timvisee/ffsend/). Happy to see it's working! :)
  - alxlaz 8y ago
    It's a BSD world thing :). Local (i.e. non-system) executables and libraries go under /usr/local around here (i.e. libraries under /usr/local/lib, binaries under /usr/local/bin and so on, the hierarchy under /usr/local has the same structure as that under /usr).
    - drewg123 8y ago
      You can work around it by creating a cargo config with a wrapper. Eg: cat ~/.cargo/config [target.x86_64-unknown-freebsd] linker = "/home/drewg123/bin/cargo-ld" Where cargo-ld is just a wrapper: #!/bin/sh exec /usr/bin/ld -L/usr/local/lib $*
      - majewsky 8y ago
        For proper formatting of code snippets, indent the entire snippet with two spaces.
    - notamy 8y ago
      > the hierarchy under /usr/local has the same structure as that under /usr So I can have /usr/local/local/local/local...? :)
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  - inopinatus 8y ago
    Is there an autotools equivalent in Rust land?
    - steveklabnik 8y ago
      Depends on what you mean exactly.
- Datenstrom 8y ago
  I just had the same issue with rust linking to a 1553 bus library in /usr/local/lib yesterday. Seems like this should be on the search path.
  - IcePic 8y ago
    At least on BSD, you want to be able to separate external 3rd party libs and system libs in case they overlap, so that is why BSDs don't automatically include things under /usr/local.
ycnews 8y ago
Python cli version at https://github.com/ehuggett/send-cli https://github.com/ehuggett/send-cli disclaimer: I haven't used either cli version.
- timvisee 8y ago
  Cool. Sadly, I don't think the client supports the current Firefox Send version though. Method of encryption has been changed during the last few months.
ausjke 8y ago
do I need install firefox to use this tool? looks neat!
- nicebill8 8y ago
  Nope, you don't need Firefox to use the site anyway.
- timvisee 8y ago
  No, see the requirements here: https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend#requirements https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend#requirements Along with ffsend, you can use any browser to upload/download files through https://send.firefox.com/ https://send.firefox.com/ as well.
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harshitaneja 8y ago
Thanks a lot. The first thought after seeing this was that I wish it had a CLI and I know I am lazy enough to never write one.
tintintin 8y ago
This is great, thanks :) Mind if I port this to JS?
- Sephr 8y ago
  You don't have to ask for permission to fork open source projects. You are free to port the project to JS as long as you follow the applicable licenses: https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend/blob/master/LICENSE https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend/blob/master/LICENSE
nickpsecurity 8y ago
Love the demonstration on the Github page!
shivkanthb 8y ago
That is so cool!
tomupom 8y ago
This is such a fantastic tool to have, thank you so much!

I've been building a fully featured CLI tool for Firefox Send, supporting this new release. For anyone that is interested: https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend

kevinherron 8y ago

This is neat, thanks.

drewg123 8y ago

FWIW, I built and successfully ran it on FreeBSD-current. The only hiccup I ran into was that it puked building due to not having /usr/local/lib in its lib search path & not being able to find libxcb. I had to manually add -L/usr/local/lib to the cc args and manually link it. Not sure if that is a FreeBSD issue w/Rust, or something in your package. At any rate, the tool works! Thanks so much.

timvisee 8y ago
Thanks for sharing your solution! Not sure what is causing it (maybe it's OpenSSL binding related), and am currently not really targeting FreeBSD yet. I wasn't fully ready with this tool for the Firefox Send release to be honest, would have loved to be able to provide better binaries and packages for more platforms, which are a work in progress. If you believe you can improve the README with your solution, be sure to submit a [PR](https://gitlab.com/timvisee/ffsend/ https://gitlab.com/timvisee/ffsend/). Happy to see it's working! :)
- alxlaz 8y ago
  It's a BSD world thing :). Local (i.e. non-system) executables and libraries go under /usr/local around here (i.e. libraries under /usr/local/lib, binaries under /usr/local/bin and so on, the hierarchy under /usr/local has the same structure as that under /usr).
  - drewg123 8y ago
    You can work around it by creating a cargo config with a wrapper. Eg: cat ~/.cargo/config [target.x86_64-unknown-freebsd] linker = "/home/drewg123/bin/cargo-ld" Where cargo-ld is just a wrapper: #!/bin/sh exec /usr/bin/ld -L/usr/local/lib $*
    - majewsky 8y ago
      For proper formatting of code snippets, indent the entire snippet with two spaces.
  - notamy 8y ago
    > the hierarchy under /usr/local has the same structure as that under /usr So I can have /usr/local/local/local/local...? :)
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- inopinatus 8y ago
  Is there an autotools equivalent in Rust land?
  - steveklabnik 8y ago
    Depends on what you mean exactly.
Datenstrom 8y ago
I just had the same issue with rust linking to a 1553 bus library in /usr/local/lib yesterday. Seems like this should be on the search path.
- IcePic 8y ago
  At least on BSD, you want to be able to separate external 3rd party libs and system libs in case they overlap, so that is why BSDs don't automatically include things under /usr/local.

ycnews 8y ago

Python cli version at https://github.com/ehuggett/send-cli https://github.com/ehuggett/send-cli disclaimer: I haven't used either cli version.

timvisee 8y ago
Cool. Sadly, I don't think the client supports the current Firefox Send version though. Method of encryption has been changed during the last few months.

ausjke 8y ago

do I need install firefox to use this tool? looks neat!

nicebill8 8y ago
Nope, you don't need Firefox to use the site anyway.
timvisee 8y ago
No, see the requirements here: https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend#requirements https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend#requirements Along with ffsend, you can use any browser to upload/download files through https://send.firefox.com/ https://send.firefox.com/ as well.

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harshitaneja 8y ago

Thanks a lot. The first thought after seeing this was that I wish it had a CLI and I know I am lazy enough to never write one.

tintintin 8y ago

This is great, thanks :) Mind if I port this to JS?

Sephr 8y ago
You don't have to ask for permission to fork open source projects. You are free to port the project to JS as long as you follow the applicable licenses: https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend/blob/master/LICENSE https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend/blob/master/LICENSE

nickpsecurity 8y ago

Love the demonstration on the Github page!

shivkanthb 8y ago

That is so cool!

tomupom 8y ago

This is such a fantastic tool to have, thank you so much!