So you want to quickly share a file on your LAN with some other PC. Under Linux you can use the small static file server lighttpd.
First install deps. Assuming you are on a Debian based system, you can do:
sudo aptitude install lighttpd lighttpd-doc
Then create a config file ~/lighttpd.conf with the contents:
server.document-root = "/home//temp_file_serve/"
server.port = 10001
Replace `` above with your system user.
Then place some file in the folder /home//temp_file_serve/. For example test.txt.
Final step is to run the static server. Do so with command:
lighttpd -D -f ~/lighttpd.conf
That’s it! Assuming your PC (with the file test.txt) has the IP 192.168.0.10, you can access the file from another PC on your LAN by running the command:
curl -s http://192.168.0.10:10001/test.txt | less
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