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

[Uri Lublin]

On 02/09/2014 11:51 PM, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> ----- 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.

It is possible to add a virtual folder/icon on user's desktop in the 
guest, such that
files drag-and-dropped on that folder are copied by spice-vdagent to a 
predefined
directory on the client (using the current protocol but in a the 
opposite direction).