This is a simple system to transfer files between machines on the same network. Totally unsafe, and mostly a toy system for learning how to create quick network servers in Python.

• launch registry.py at a well known IP and port
• participants each run a receiver.py
  • registers itself in the registry
  • accepts files from peers (after asking the user)
• files are sent with the client.py command

Run registry in one terminal:

venv/bin/python registry.py localhost 60000

Run receiver in another terminal:

venv/bin/python receiver.py localhost 60001 my_receiver

Send a file from yet another terminal:

venv/bin/python client.py send my_receiver /tmp/bigfile.dat

Back in the receiver's terminal the user will have to accept/deny the file transfer request. If accepted the file is streamed over to the receiver and saved in a files directory relative to cwd. Receiver can override save location with SAVE_DIR env variable.

• "works on my machine"