airtar

airtar is a tiny wrapper around airpaste and tar-fs. It can be used to send multiple files within your local network without knowing the IP or hostname of the receiver. Basicly it does the same as calling tar c . | airpaste on the sender-side and airpaste | tar x on the receiver-side. On top it adds some sugar like displaying the transfer rate.

usage on the sender side:

// transfer the files from the current directory
airtar .

// but you can also choose which files and directories you want to transfer
airtar file1.txt file2.txt

// ...or use globs
airtar *.js

// call airpaste with a namespace
airtar -n foo .

usage on the receiver side:

// receive files and save them in the current directory
airtar -r .

// shortcut for 'airtar -r .'
airtar

// or define a target dir
airtar -r ./target

// ...use a namespace
airtar -r -n foo .

// explicity overwrite existing files
airtar -r -o .

security notice

airtar is meant to be run in a trusted network. The transfered data is not crypted in anyway and you won't be able to verify who sent it.

installation

npm install airtar -g

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Simon Kusterer Licensed under the MIT license.