File Transfer Protocol

A P2P protocol for inter-system communication written ini python

Instructions

• "FileUpload [filename]" to send the file the server side.
• "FileDownload [filename]" to download the file from the server side.
• "ls" to list all files in this directory of the client side.
• "lls" to list all files in the server side.
• "IndexGet shortlist " to list the files modified in mentioned timestamp.
• "IndexGet longlist" similar to shortlist but with complete file listing.
• "FileHash verify " checksum of the modification of the mentioned file.
• "quit" to exit.

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How to run

To run client use command python client.py, and to run server use command python server.py.

Inter-system communication

Keep the HOST='0.0.0.0' in server.py unmodified.
Make the HOST='IP' where IP='IP address of the host' inside the client.py.

Intra-system communication

make HOST='localhost' in both server.py and client.py,

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