dk-send

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dk-send — Send data stream via TCP

Description

The program sends data from standard input or a named file over one or multiple TCP connections to one or multiple recipients running the dk-recv program.

Examples

Distribute a file to one recipient

To distribute the file x.txt run the following command on the sender:

dk-send 9876 x.txt

Option / Argument	Purpose
9876	TCP port number of your choice, your firewall must allow incoming connection requests to the port.
x.txt	File name containing the data to send.

On the recipient run:

dk-recv sender 9876 x.txt

Option / Argument	Purpose
sender	Host name or IP address of sender host.
9876	Port number the sender is listening on for connection attempts.
x.txt	Name of output file to write.

Clone hard disk partition (unknown filesystem) to multiple recipients

To clone the hard disk partition /dev/sda1 sector by sector to multiple recipients (same hardware, same partitioning) run on the sender:

dd if=/dev/sda1 | gzip -9 | dk-send 9876 -n unlimited -a 192.0.2.0/255.255.255.0

Program	Option / Argument	Purpose
dd		Create data stream from storage device. As no output file is specified, output is written to standard output.
	if=/dev/sda1	Name of storage device to create data stream from.
gzip	-9	Compress data stream, use best compression.
dk-send		Send data stream to one or multiple recipients running the dk-recv program.
	9876	TCP port number to listen for incoming connection requests.
	-n unlimited	Do not specify a fixed number of recipients, final recipient has to use the -t option.
	-a 192.0.2.0/255.255.255.0	Allow connection attempts only for specific hosts.

On the recipients except the final one, run:

dk-recv 192.0.2.2 9876 | gzip -dc | dk-blks -b 1M | dd of=/dev/sda1 bs=1M conv=fdatasync

Program	Option / Argument	Purpose
dk-recv		Receive a data stream from a dk-send process.
	192.0.2.2	Senders IP address (or host name).
	9876	TCP port number the sender is listening on.
gzip	-dc	Uncompress data stream.
dk-blks	-b 1M	Create data stream of fixed block size 1 Mibibyte.
dd		Apply data stream to storage device.
	of=/dev/sda1	Name of storage device to write to.
	bs=1M	Read input and write to device in block size of 1 Mibibyte.
	conv=fdatasync	Synchronize device after writing.

On the final recipient run:

dk-recv 192.0.2.2 9876 -t | gzip -dc | dk-blks -b 1M | dd of=/dev/sda1 bs=1M conv=fdatasync

Program	Option / Argument	Purpose
dk-recv	-t	Notify sender to start transmission, no need to wait for other recipients to connect.

Clone hard disk partition (NTFS) to multiple recipients

To clone the hard disk partition /dev/sda1 containing an NTFS file system to multiple recipients (same hardware, same partitioning) run on the sender:

ntfsclone --save-image -o - /dev/sda1 | gzip -9 | dk-send 9876 -n unlimited -a 192.0.2.0/255.255.255.0

Program	Option / Argument	Purpose
ntfsclone		Create image data from NTFS formatted partition.
	--save-image	Create image data stream containing used sectors only.
	-o -	Write output to standard output.
	/dev/sda1	Partition to create stream.

On the recipients except the final one, run:

dk-recv 192.0.2.2 9876 | gzip -dc | ntfsclone --restore-image --overwrite /dev/sda1 -

Program	Option / Argument	Purpose
ntfsclone		Apply image data stream.
	--restore-image	Process input image data stream containing used sectors only.
	--overwrite	Overwrite existing file/partition.
	/dev/sda1	Destination storage device (partition to write).
	-	Data stream is processed from standard input.

On the final recipient run:

dk-recv 192.0.2.2 9876 -t | gzip -dc | ntfsclone --restore-image --overwrite /dev/sda1 -

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Manual

See the [dk-send manual] for the full documentation of the program.

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