Re: [Bluez-devel] PC to PC file transfer

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>]

Hi Nils,

> >>i have two PCs with linux, with bluetooth capability
> >>on both(using BlueZ).
> >>i want to transfer a file (any file)between them.
> >>Could be command-line transfer or any other way.
> > the easiest way is to create a PAN with pand between your two machines
> > and then use tools like ftp or scp.
> 
> But in general I think it would be nice to have a some more ad-hoc file
> transfer tool. Would maybe OBEX be suitable for that?
> 
> We have for example that situation quite often that you sit together
> with some people and their notebooks or other prtable devices but you do
> not have a common network or simply do not want that (imagine a business
> meeting). But you want to share some docs, files, etc.. Mostly small
> stuff, not whole movies ;)
> Last time I was in a meeting guess what happened: They tucked out a
> floppy disk!
> 
> For those purposes something like
> 	bt-receive-file (waiting)
> 	bt-send-file <BD-ADDR> <file>
> would be nice.

there are some programs for that job, but actually I like an obextool
merged into bluez-utils that is capable of doing things like this, but I
never finally finished it. Feel free to send me patches to add such a
tool.

Regards

Marcel




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