how to copy files between a windows host and vmware linux guest OS by using the free sfk instant ftp server.

• Download the free Swiss File Knife Base from Sourceforge.
• Open the Windows CMD command line, Mac OS X Terminal or Linux shell.
• OS X : type mv sfk-mac-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
• Linux: type mv sfk-linux-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk. OS X and Linux syntax may differ, check the help within the tool.

1) on windows, download

http://stahlworks.com/dev/sfk/sfk.exe

or get it from sourceforge.

2) on linux, make sure that internet access is available, then say

Ubuntu:
wget http://stahlworks.com/dev/sfk/sfk
chmod +x sfk

Damned Small Linux:
wget http://stahlworks.com/dev/sfk/sfk-lib5
cp sfk-lib5 sfk
chmod +x sfk

to download and prepare sfk for linux.

3) finding out the IP of the vm linux system

in Ubuntu, click at right top onto the network symbol:



a popup opens, select therein the 2nd tab. the IP should appear.

If the network symbol is not available in your Ubuntu,
try applications / system tools / network diagnosis,
and search therein for the eth0 interface.

in DSL (Damned Small Linux), the IP is usually listed 
in the upper right corner of the desktop, preceeded by "Host:".

this article assumes that your vmware player running DSL
is set to "Bridged" ethernet mode.

4) exchanging files between linux and windows

Ubuntu:

3.1. run the sfk instant ftp server on windows side, by

  sfk ftpserv -rw

3.2. on linux, to download file foobar.zip from windows, say

  ./sfk ftp 192.168.80.2 get foobar.zip

3.3. on linux, to send a file, say

  ./sfk ftp 192.168.80.2 put myfile.zip

Damned Small Linux, Knoppix:

4.1. run the sfk instant ftp server on linux side, by

  ./sfk ftpserv -rw -port=30199

4.2. from windows, use the above ftp get/put commands
  against the IP adress which DSL told, for example:

  sfk ftp 192.168.178.23:30199 put myfile.zip

 

1) on windows, download

http://stahlworks.com/dev/sfk/sfk.exe

or get it from sourceforge.

2) on linux, make sure that internet 
access is available, then say

Ubuntu:
wget http://stahlworks.com/dev/sfk/sfk
chmod +x sfk

Damned Small Linux:
wget http://stahlworks.com/dev/sfk/sfk-lib5
cp sfk-lib5 sfk
chmod +x sfk

to download and prepare sfk for linux.

3) finding out the IP of the vm linux 
system

in Ubuntu, click at right top onto the 
network symbol:



a popup opens, select therein the 2nd tab. 
the IP should appear.

If the network symbol is not available in 
your Ubuntu, try applications / system
tools / network diagnosis, and search
therein for the eth0 interface.

in DSL (Damned Small Linux), the IP is 
usually listed
in the upper right corner of the desktop, 
preceeded by "Host:".

this article assumes that your vmware 
player running DSL is set to "Bridged"
ethernet mode.


4) exchanging files between linux and 
windows

Ubuntu:

3.1. run the sfk instant ftp server on 
windows side, by

  sfk ftpserv -rw

3.2. on linux, to download file foobar.zip 
from windows, say

  ./sfk ftp 192.168.80.2 get foobar.zip

3.3. on linux, to send a file, say

  ./sfk ftp 192.168.80.2 put myfile.zip

Damned Small Linux, Knoppix:

4.1. run the sfk instant ftp server on 
linux side, by

  ./sfk ftpserv -rw -port=30199

4.2. from windows, use the above ftp 
get/put commands against the IP adress
which DSL told, for ex
ample:

  sfk ftp 192.168.178.23:30199 put 
myfile.zip

 

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