This setup provides a fast way to copy files between different computers.

Hi,

today seiichiro0185 and I have found a fast and unusual way to copy files.

Dependencies:

• sshfs
• ncat (mostly provided by nmap)

1. copy this script on your system which should recieve the files:

   recv-file.sh

   #!/bin/bash
    
   # directory all files and folders will be copied into
   basedir="/<any base directory>/"
    
   read filename
   echo "$filename" >&2
   if [[ "${filename}" =~ / ]]
   then
     [ -d "${basedir}/${filename%%/*}" ] || mkdir -p "${basedir}/${filename%%/*}"
   fi
   cat - > "${basedir}/${filename}"

2. run the following command:

   ncat -lkvnp 3334 --recv-only -e /path/to/your/recv-file.sh

Now the server is running and listening on port 3334. All files and directories are created with permissions of the running ncat.

1. copy the following script on the system you to send files from:

   send-file.sh

   #!/bin/bash
    
   host="$1"
   port="$2"
    
   [[ ${port} =~ ^[0-9][0-9]*$ ]] || { echo "The given port $port (2. argument) is not valid." >&2 && exit 1 ; }
   shift 2
    
   IFS=","
   for f in $@
   do
     { echo "${f}" && cat "${f}" ; } | ncat -i1 $host $port
   done

2. use the script like this:

   bash send-file.sh <host> <port> <file1>,<file2>,..,<fileN>

• if you give the directory in your filelist they are also created on the server side