send-dir

Send directory via direct HTTP between different machines.

Why

This could be useful when sending built code to the development server frequently, especially when we don't have SSH. This tool just works if only we have HTTP.

Usage

$ npx send-dir SOURCE_DIR TARGET_DIR

And then follow the instructions in output, like running a one-line command in the target machine.

Note that both SOURCE_DIR and TARGET_DIR can be relative paths, just that SOURCE_DIR is relative to the working directory of your source machine and TARGET_DIR is relative to that of your target machine.

Example

Here is a more detailed example.

Say we are at the root of the project, and want to copy ./packages/awesome/lib to ./node_modules/awesome/lib in the development machine which does not support SSH server.

Then we just need to run:

$ npx send-dir packages/awesome/lib node_modules/awesome/lib

And we will see output like this:

Run the following command at your target machine:

  curl -fsS http://192.168.31.161:8001/fetch.sh | sh

We copy the one-line command and paste it in the development machine, or you may type it if the two machines are isolated physically (sad). Done!