bshare 1.0.0

A command line bluetooth file sharing application for Linux.

bshare

A command line bluetooth file sharing application for Linux.

Installation

• Linux packages required:

  • bluetooth

  • libbluetooth-dev

  • bluez-tools

  Install as:

  $ sudo apt-get install bluetooth libbluetooth-dev bluez-tools

• To install bshare, simply,

  $ pip install bshare

Usage

• Help command:

  $ bshare -h
  
  usage: bshare.py [-h] [-a address] [-s address] [-d] [-l]
  
  A simple bluetooth file sharer!
  
  optional arguments:
    -h, --help            show this help message and exit
    -a address, --addr address
                          Connect to bluetooth device with specified Bluetooth
                          address.
    -s address, --set address
                          Set default Bluetooth address.
    -d, --default         Shows the default bluetooth address.
    -l, --list            Shows all the added bluetooth devices identified by your
                          device.

• To list all the added buetooth devices:

  $ bshare -l
  
  Added devices:
  Windows Phone (9C:6C:15:01:EA:41)
  Videocon V1550 (00:67:1B:BA:7F:B2)

• To share files with a device by specifying its bluetooth address:

  $ bshare -a F4:F5:24:B2:D9:7D

• To set a bluetooth address as default (for quick sharing):

  $ bshare -s F4:F5:24:B2:D9:7D
  
  Default bluetooth address was changed to F4:F5:24:B2:D9:7D

  Now, to share files with device having default bluetooth address, simply:

  $ bshare

• To show default bluetooth address:

  $ bshare -d
  
  Default bluetooth address: F4:F5:24:B2:D9:7D