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CSCI 2020U Assignment 2

File Sharer

CSCI 2020U Assignment 2

Share files over the network

How to Compile

Requisites

• Repo cloned/downloaded as zip and extracted
• Java is installed (Tested using OpenJDK 8)
• Gradle is installed (Tested using Gradle 4.4.1)

Commands

In the cloned/downloaded repo's directory:

Compile the host:
gradle buildhost

Compile the client:
gradle buildclient

Navigate to the host's executable jar directory:
cd host

Keep track of which Java processes you currently have running:
pgrep java

Either:
Launch the file host in the current terminal:
cd build/libs && java -jar host.jar
Then open another terminal in the current directory and run the rest of the commands in that window.
OR
Run the file host as a background process (logs will be logged to "./log.txt"):
./launch_host

Navigate to the client's executable jar directory:
cd ../client/build/libs

Run the client program:
java -jar client.jar

Terminating the file host after you're done:
pgrep java
kill <process>
where process is the number that was not listed before.

Server arguments:
java -jar host.jar <port> <shareDir>
port - The port to listen for connections on (default 8080)
shareDir - Directory to share the contents of and download files to (default "./share/")

Client arguments:
java -jar client.jar <host> <port>
host - The address of the host to connect to (default "localhost")
port - The port to connect to (default 8080)