[Spice-devel] how to transfer files from guest to client

[Marc-André Lureau]

----- Original Message -----
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gianluca Cecchi" <gianluca.cecchi at gmail.com>
> > To: spice-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
> > Sent: Friday, February 7, 2014 12:06:38 PM
> > Subject: [Spice-devel] how to transfer files from guest to client
> > 
> > Hello,
> > I upgraded my spice guest tools from 0.65 to 0.74 on my windows 7 guest.
> > I see that transfer was introduced in 0.72 for windows apparently.
> > In fact I can transfer files from my fedora 20 client (that is also
> > the spice server btw) to windows 7 guest (I see them on the desktop,
> > is this the default and only way?).
> > 
> > But I have not understood if it is possible the other way from the
> > guest to the client and in that case how to do.
> It's not possible, not supported case, As I understand There is no way how
> you could know what you grabbed on the guest side (so no guest -> client
> direction) as well as no way how you could know where you drop transferred
> file on the guest (so it's by default copied to Desktop folder I believe).

Spice is missing "normal" drag and drop support between guest and client. This is more complicated than just a "copy file" protocol.

Afaik, this is something that is possible, and has been working for quite some time in other solutions.