post a link to the site so we can check it out.

Giver is in the Ubuntu 8.10 repos. I think that you need to compile from source
for older versions. It also works in Jaunty.

See: http://code.google.com/p/giver/
idea.opensuse.org/content/ideas/easy-file-sharing

Checkout the video:
video.google.com/googleplayer.swf

For anyone interested, Giver was developed by the folks at Novell and shares
files between Linux boxes on an internal network. It involves installing the
client on each machine and running it on each machine. The machine name and an
avatar shows for each machine. You basically click on the machine that you want
to share to while on the machine containing the file or folder. drag and drop
works as well. It works like IM sharing, which means the the receiver must
ACCEPT the file which is my problem. I want to send the files or folders to an
unattended machine.

I use Dropbox to share files across the internet, but you need a hispeed
connection, which I have, and unlimited bandwidth, which I have, and time to
manually delete files after use, which I don't have. It just seems to be a waste
to upload and then download the same file between various machines. Giver works
on the intranet and if I can send them unattended, it would be ideal.

Dropbox info: http://www.getdropbox.com/

If you don't mind the command line, look into scp (and ssh for logins
and remote execution of programs), it is a very good tool. It also
encrypts the data while it's being transfered if that matters to you
(the files aren't encrypted, just the data as it's being
transferered).

If you don't mind the command line, look into scp (and ssh for
loginsand remote execution of programs), it is a very good tool. It also
encrypts the data while it's being transfered if that matters to you (the files
aren't encrypted, just the data as it's being transferered) .

Reply: I do mind the commandline for things such as this. I can do lots via cli,
but I am typing and memory challenged (old age, I guess), so typing long paths
etc. is not my cup of tea. I make too many errors to make it worth my while.
Thanks for the thought though. I am sure that someone else can use it.

NFS is something that I want to try, but have not got around to it. Too many
things happening.