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8.6 Transferring Files with OpenOBEX

OBEX
(Object Exchange) is an IrDA standard (http://www.irda.org/standards/standards.asp)
for transferring files between devices. OpenOBEX (http://sourceforge.net/projects/openobex/) is
an open source implementation of this standard. To install
OpenOBEX, download the latest release
(openobex-x.y.z.tar.gz), extract the tarball,
then configure, compile, and install it:

bjepson@linux:~/Documents> tar xfz openobex-1.0.1.tar.gz 
bjepson@linux:~/Documents> cd openobex-1.0.1/
bjepson@linux:~/Documents/openobex-1.0.1> ./configure 
bjepson@linux:~/Documents/openobex-1.0.1> make
bjepson@linux:~/Documents/openobex-1.0.1> sudo make install

You'll also want the applications, so download the
latest release of the apps
(openobex-apps-x.y.z.tar.gz), and go through the
same steps:

bjepson@linux:~/Documents> tar xfz openobex-apps-1.0.0.tar.gz
bjepson@linux:~/Documents> cd openobex-apps-1.0.0/
bjepson@linux:~/Documents/ openobex-apps-1.0.0> ./configure 
bjepson@linux:~/Documents/ openobex-apps-1.0.0> make
bjepson@linux:~/Documents/ openobex-apps-1.0.0> sudo make install

(You may need to add /usr/local/lib to
/etc/ld.so.conf and run
ldconfig as root for everything to work.)

After you've installed the applications, you can
transfer files with the irobex_palm3 utility.
Don't let the
"palm" in the name put you off;
we've used it with cellular phones as with well as a
Palm (you should be able to use any infrared device that supports
OBEX). To receive files, start irobex_palm3,
initiate sending a file from your device, and align the ports. After
irobex_palm3 receives the file, it exits.
Here's a session where
irobex_palm3 receives a business card from a
Nokia phone:

bjepson@linux:~ > irobex_palm3 
Send and receive files to Palm3
Waiting for files
..HEADER_LENGTH = 220
Filename = Nokia.vcf
Wrote /tmp/Nokia.vcf (108 bytes)

To send a file, be sure that your device is configured to receive
files via infrared, align the ports, and use
irobex_palm3 filename:

bjepson@linux:~> irobex_palm3 sample.png 
Send and receive files to Palm3
name=sample.png, size=11439
...........
PUT successful