• StaticallyLazy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    14 hours ago

    I force all my homies to use magic-wormhole. It can transfer files and folders with no sign-up and (as far as I can tell) no limits.

    For all you command-line nerds, including on Windows, it works like this:

    > wormhole send <filename>
    
    Sending 0 Bytes file named '<filename>'
    Wormhole code is: 1-medusa-puppy
    On the other computer, please run:
    
    wormhole receive 1-medusa-puppy
    

    This will ping the relay server, which defaults to Canonical on my system, as I recall, to generate a code so the two computers can locate each other.

    Then on the other computer, (again including Windows,)

    > wormhole receive 1-medusa-puppy
    
    Waiting for sender...
    Receiving file (0 Bytes) into: '<filename>'
    ok? (Y/n): y
    
    Receiving (->tcp:192.168.1.1:36587)..
    0.00B [00:00, 4B/s]
    Received file written to <filename>
    

    Note that, as both computers were on the same LAN, it transferred locally because it’s awesome that way.

    Working as a TA in the computer science department, this is invaluable. Students from all skill levels can transfer stuff with no extra headache, and the generated codes can be spoken aloud for simplicity.

    • lauha@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      I sure hope they don’t store valuable data without redundant backups, regardless of the storage format