zipstream

A command line tool that allows you to easily share files and directories over the network

Installation

Snap-specific information

Due to the snap's confined nature, the application can only access files in the user's home directory. To access files under /media or /mnt directories you have to manually connect the snap to the removable-media interface by running the following command in a terminal

sudo snap connect zipstream:removable-media

Build from source

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/mamantoha/zipstream.git

Switch to repo-directory

cd zipstream

Build:

shards build

Copy ./bin/zipstream to executable path.

Enjoy!

Usage

Help message:

NAME
    zipstream - is a command line tool that allows you to easily share files and directories over the network

VERSION
    0.6.0

SYNOPSIS
    zipstream PATH [options]

If PATH is not specified it point to current directory

OPTIONS
    -h, --help                       Show this message
    -H HOST, --host=HOST             Specifies the host (default: `127.0.0.1`)
    -p PORT, --port=PORT             Specifies the port (default: `8090`)
    -f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT       Specifies the format of output archive, zip or tar (default: `zip`)
    -o FILENAME, --output=FILENAME   Specifies the output file name without extension (default: `download`)
    -e PATH, --endpoint=PATH         Specifies the URL path to the resource (default: ``)

Sharing a directory (all the files in it):

$ zipstream /media/disk/music -f tar
Serving `/media/disk/music` as `download.tar`

To download the file please use one of the commands below:

wget --content-disposition http://127.0.0.1:8090
curl -OJ http://127.0.0.1:8090

Or place all files into current folder:

wget -O- http://127.0.0.1:8090 | tar -xvf -
curl http://127.0.0.1:8090 | tar -xvf -

Or just open in browser: http://127.0.0.1:8090

Contributing

1. Fork it (https://github.com/mamantoha/zipstream/fork)
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request

Contributors

• Anton Maminov - creator and maintainer