Woof - Easily Exchange Files Over a Local Network in Linux | Linux Today

Woof – Easily Exchange Files Over a Local Network in Linux

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Jan 25, 2019

Woof (short for Web Offer One File) is a simple application for sharing files between hosts on a small local network. It consists of a tiny HTTP server that can serve a specified file for a given number of times (default is once) and then terminates.

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