Uploaded March 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
In this tutorial I demonstrate a really easy way to send and receive files to any computer or mobile device.
The command line utility is called woof. Woof is a small simple web server for sharing files.
To send a file using woof all you need to do is type woof and the path to the file that you wish to send. Woof will then generate a link which consists of http:// followed by the IP address of your machine and a port number ( default is 8080 ). All the receiving device needs to do is enter the link woof generates into a web browser and the file will be sent.
If woof fails to detect your machines IP address for any reason or you are connected to multiple networks and therefore have multiple IP addresses you can manually set the IP address woof will serve your file on with the -i option.
The port can also be set manually using the -p option.
By default woof will shutdown after it has sent your file once. If you wish to send a file more than once rather than running woof multiple times you can use the -c option followed by the number of times you wish to send your file.
Woof can also be used to send directories and offers a range of compression schemes that can be applied to your directory before sending. These are:
-z tar and gzip
-j tar and bzip2
-Z tar and zip
-u tarball only
Woof can also be used to receive files and the sending machine doesn't even need to have woof. To receive files using woof the -U option is used which instructs woof to host an upload form which is used by the sending party to upload files directly to you.
If all of that wasn't enough woof has one final trick. By using the -s option woof can send a copy of itself so you can share woof with other people.
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In this tutorial I demonstrate a really easy way to send and receive files to any computer or mobile device.
The command line utility is called woof. Woof is a small simple web server for sharing files.
To send a file using woof all you need to do is type woof and the path to the file that you wish to send. Woof will then generate a link which consists of http:// followed by the IP address of your machine and a port number ( default is 8080 ). All the receiving device needs to do is enter the link woof generates into a web browser and the file will be sent.
If woof fails to detect your machines IP address for any reason or you are connected to multiple networks and therefore have multiple IP addresses you can manually set the IP address woof will serve your file on with the -i option.
The port can also be set manually using the -p option.
By default woof will shutdown after it has sent your file once. If you wish to send a file more than once rather than running woof multiple times you can use the -c option followed by the number of times you wish to send your file.
Woof can also be used to send directories and offers a range of compression schemes that can be applied to your directory before sending. These are:
-z tar and gzip
-j tar and bzip2
-Z tar and zip
-u tarball only
Woof can also be used to receive files and the sending machine doesn't even need to have woof. To receive files using woof the -U option is used which instructs woof to host an upload form which is used by the sending party to upload files directly to you.
If all of that wasn't enough woof has one final trick. By using the -s option woof can send a copy of itself so you can share woof with other people.
Blog: linuxleech.com
Twitter: twitter.com/linuxleech
Facebook: facebook.com/linuxleech
Google+: gplus.to/linuxleech
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Please watch: "virtualbox vs vmware virtual machine in virtual machine?"
youtube.com/watch?v=dLuFljsM688
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