zipstream

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

Installation

Precompiled executables are available for Linux and macOS from Releases page.

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
    0.23.3

SYNOPSIS
    zipstream PATH [options]

If PATH is not specified it point to current directory

OPTIONS
    -h, --help                       give this help list
    -l, --log                        logging of requests/responses
    -w, --web                        run WEB Server with the directory listing
    -H HOST, --host=HOST             the host (default: `0.0.0.0`)
    -p PORT, --port=PORT             the port (default: `8090`)
    -f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT       the format of output archive, zip, tar or tgz. Only for CLI mode. (default: `zip`)
    -o FILENAME, --output=FILENAME   the output file name without extension. Only for CLI mode. (default: `download`)
    -e PATH, --endpoint=PATH         the URL path to the resource. Only for CLI mode. (default: ``)
    -j, --junk-parent                stream the content of an archive without including the parent directory
    -h, --hidden                     match hidden files and folders
    --no-symlinks                    do not follow symlinks
    --user=user                      the username user for file retrieval
    --password=password              the password password for file retrieval
    --no-banner                      hide the ASCII art banner
    --qr                             print QR-Code to access shared resource
    -V, --version                    print program version

Sharing a directory as tar archive:

$ zipstream -H 192.168.31.180 -f tar /Users --user=admin --password=passwd -o users -e dl --qr
     _           _
    (_)         | |
 _____ _ __  ___| |_ _ __ ___  __ _ _ __ ___
|_  / | '_ \/ __| __| '__/ _ \/ _` | '_ ` _ \
 / /| | |_) \__ \ |_| | |  __/ (_| | | | | | |
/___|_| .__/|___/\__|_|  \___|\__,_|_| |_| |_|
      | |
      |_|

Serving `/Users` as `users.tar`

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

wget --content-disposition --user admin --password passwd http://192.168.31.180:8090/dl
curl -OJ --user admin:passwd http://192.168.31.180:8090/dl

Or place all files into current folder:

wget -O- --user admin --password passwd http://192.168.31.180:8090/dl | tar -xvf -
curl --user admin:passwd http://192.168.31.180:8090/dl | tar -xvf -

Or just open in your browser: `http://admin:passwd@192.168.31.180:8090/dl`
Or scan the QR code to access to download the file on your phone
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Run an ad hoc http static server in specified directory, available at http://localhost:8090:

zipstream /media/disk/crystal --web

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