Network File Transfer

Small system for for managing files on server using Java. Multiuser, multithreaded, command line application.

Credit goes to me Haitham Athamneh as the main developer. And for Ahmad Qasrawi and Yazan Al-Haj.

[Made for educational purposes]

Features

• Multiuser You can signup and create as many users as you want, each user has first and last name, username, password and access privilage (All: can access every thing, Restrected: can access only his files).

• Multithreaded The application can serve multiple connections at the same time.

• Easy to understand The application is written using modular design, every component is an independent module

Client Side Commands

• download $filename [dest] Download file from server.
• upload $filename [private] Upload file to server.
• edit $filename Edit a file (it should be text file).
• ls [-l] List files in current directory.
• pwd Show current directory.
• rm $filename|$folder Delete file, or recursivly delete folder.
• cd ..|$folder Change current directory.
• mkdir $name Create new directory.
• signup $fname $lname $uname $pass all|restr Register new user.
• login $uname $pass Login user.
• logout Logout user.
• passwd Update user password.
• help [$cmd] Get help for one or all commands.
• exit Terminate connection and exit.

Server Side Commands

• users all Show all registered users.
• users active Show all currently connected users.
• user data $name Show all user data.
• user delete $name Delete a user by user name.
• file info $path Show all file meta data.

One last word

I've published this work to help others understand how you can use java api for sending and receiving files through the network.

Contact Me

If you need any further help in this project, don't be shy, send me an email to himoath@gmail.com