Easy way to send files from Windows to Linux

The Tips4Linux blog really does come up with some great, but generally very simple, stuff. Today I found this post about how to easily transfer files and folders between computers using Webshare.

However, I really didn’t find webshare all that easy not least because all its instructions are in French. Nevertheless, there is a thorough PDF manual which I need to read.

However, the Tips4Linux post also mentions Droopy which is so much easier to use although the guide in this link doesn’t quite spell out how to get this working.

The link points to a python script as a text file. I downloaded it (using save linked content as………) and got a droopy.txt non-executable file. So, I made it executable and changed its name to droopy with

mv droopy.txt droopy

This gave me the executable I needed to run the command in the guide

python ~/bin/droopy -m “Hi, it’s me Bob. You can send me a file.” -p ~/avatar.png

I did this on my EeePC 901 using Ubuntu (IP = 192.168.1.5). Then I went to the Dell E520 running Windows 7 Beta and opened up

http://192.168.1.5:8000

where the “Hi, it’s me….” message was shown together with an upload dialog. So, I chose a .jpg file and got it transferred over without a hitch in double-quick time.

I like this.