Thomas,<br><br>What a MARVELOUS idea! <br><br>If you coupled this with an "Advanced Mode" in the File manager that let you show all files and browse all directories, it would be The Best Idea Evar!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Thomas Perl <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:th.perl@gmail.com">th.perl@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hello!<br>
<br>
I've been thinking of creating a "SCP" sharing plugin for uploading<br>
photos to a web server, but then thought that a "generic" command-line<br>
sharing plugin would be even more universal and useful. I'm thinking<br>
of a plugin that has a single-line configuration entry that contains<br>
the command line will be called by the shell and the filename of the<br>
to-be-shared file passed in as parameter (%s), so if I want to publish<br>
photos on a server via SCP, I set up SSH public key authentication the<br>
normal way and then create a new account with the following command<br>
line:<br>
<br>
scp %s user@server.example.org:~/photo-uploads/<br>
<br>
The command will be called for each file that is to be shared, and the<br>
success or failure of the operation is determined by the return value<br>
of the application. The sharing framework support multiple "acounts"<br>
per "service", so our "service" (Command line) can then have multiple<br>
"accounts" (e.g. one for copying files via SCP to server A, one for<br>
copying files via FTP to server B, ...) for different purposes.<br>
<br>
Writing a shell script or utility that takes one media file to upload<br>
as argument is much easier than writing a sharing plugin for every<br>
service. Of course, it's not as user-friendly, but power users can do<br>
lots of interesting things without much effort, and we can provide<br>
"template command lines" for use by normal users (e.g. SCP, FTP, woof,<br>
copy to "manual upload queue" folder in MyDocs, ...).<br>
<br>
Is anyone interested in collaborating on such a plugin, or does such a<br>
thing already exist?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Thomas<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>enthusiast, n. "One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person."<br>