F*EX use case: push & pull

With fexpush for Unix you can use your F*EX account for file archiving and spreading with versioning.
(Note: your F*EX administrator has to allow F*EX sharing. It is a configuration option and not activated per default.)

First, you have to install the F*EX clients.

Then initialize fexsend (if not already done). Example:

framstag@tux:~: fexsend -I
F*EX server URL: fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de
proxy address (hostname:port or empty if none):
Your email address as registered at fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de: framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de
Your auth-ID for framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de at fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de: JFD7gDd
data written to /home/framstag/.fex/id

This saves your authorization data in $HOME/.fex/id

Test it with:

framstag@tux:~: fexsend /etc/profile .

This sends /etc/profile to yourself.

Now you can use fexpush to store any files or directories on your F*EX server in the default share "_"
Example:

framstag@tux:~: fexpush /usr/local/bin
fexpush: _:bin:20170108_201340
Making fex archive (bin_20170108_201340.tgz):
Archive size: 2 MB
bin/
bin/sysinfo
bin/showmessage
bin/hibernate
bin/usbmount
bin_20170108_201340.tgz: 2 MB in 0 s = 5258 kB/s

Every fexpush archive gets an date_time version string added (here: 20170108_201340).
This means you can fexpush the same file/directory later again, but it will be stored with a new version string, if there are changes.

To see a list of your pushed archives, use fexpull -l
Example:

framstag@tux:~: fexpull -l
number     size share:archive:version
-------------------------------------
  1)       2 MB _:bin:20170108_201340
  2)       0 MB _:fex:20170110_005940
  3)      18 MB _:sw:20170109_140626
  4)      19 MB _:sw:20170110_133231

On any other account or host you can retrieve these files with fexpull.
If you omit the version, fexpull pulls automatically the latest version.
Example:

framstag@moep:/tmp: fexpull bin
fexpull: _:bin:20170108_201340
extract? [Yn]
checking storage... 3 MB ok!
bin_20170108_201340.tgz: 2 MB in 0 s (29523 kB/s)
bin/sysinfo
bin/showmessage
bin/hibernate
bin/usbmount

Of course you need there also the F*EX clients and your F*EX authorization data.
You can fex it all together to yourself with fex my:

framstag@moep:~: fex my
Making fex archive (fex.tgz):
Archive size: 0 MB
.fex/id
bin/fex
bin/fexsend
bin/fexget
bin/fexpush
bin/fexpull
bin/afex
bin/a_CENSORED_
bin/_CENSORED_send
bin/_CENSORED_get
bin/_CENSORED_xx
bin/xx
bin/xxx
fex.tgz: 54 kB in 0 s = 247 kB/s
Recipient: framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de (autodelete=no,keep=5,locale=english)
Location: https://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/fop/abWx67ru1/fex.tgz

To see the URLs of your pushed archives, use:

framstag@tux:~: fexpull -u
http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/fop/56gj9cz0/bin_20170108_201340.tgz
http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/fop/jYAHkZAE/linuxclone_20170103_191122.tgz
http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/fop/pYsz3YGA/sw_20170109_140626.tgz
http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/fop/I8ES3yya/sw_20170110_133231.tgz

You can distribute these URLs wherever you want.

fexpull will not overwrite files which are newer.

When you call fexpull with the full archivename (with version) it creates an extraction directory with that name, so you can pull archives of different versions.
Example:

framstag@juhu:~: fexpull sw:20170109_140626
framstag@juhu:~: fexpull sw:20170110_133231

STDIN/STDOUT

You can also fexpush STDOUT and fexpull STDIN:

framstag@juhu:~: uname -a | fexpush
_IO_20170115_013147.gz: 0 kB in 0 s = 3 kB/s

framstag@tux:~: fexpull | cat
_IO_20170115_013147
Linux juhu 4.4.0-59-generic #80-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 6 17:47:47 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Archive fexstore

An extension to fexpush / fexpull is fexstore which saves your data in your private share archive.

fexstore is similar to the Internet clipboard xxx, but without expiration.

You can store any data of any size with fexstore: files, directories or even STDOUT/STDIN pipe data.

root@obertux:~# dmesg | fexstore
__20170816_105843.gz: 19 kB in 0 s = 76 kB/s

framstag@flupp:/tmp: fexstore mp3
Making fex archive (__20170806_115544.tgz):
Archive size: 6 MB
mp3/
mp3/CCS:Shakin all over.mp3
mp3/swr1.mp3
__20170806_115544.tgz: 6 MB in 1 s = 7822 kB/s

(fexstore uses the F*EX default archive "_" in your private share "_" → __$VERSION.tgz)

You can access these fexstore archives from anywhere in the internet, from any account on any host.

framstag@flupp:/tmp: fexstore -l
number   upload time            size [uploader] arguments
---------------------------------------------------------
  1) 2017-08-01 18:57:36        2 MB [framstag@moep] phoon.png xplanet.png
  2) 2017-08-02 14:59:33      313 MB [framstag@moep] Downloads
  3) 2017-08-03 13:13:01       15 MB [framstag@tandem] Bicycle_Repairman.avi
  4) 2017-08-06 12:26:16        0 MB [framstag@fex] <STDINOUT>
  5) 2017-08-06 12:26:30        3 MB [tux@xerus] <STDINOUT>
  6) 2017-08-06 12:40:05        4 MB [root@obertux] <STDINOUT>
  7) 2017-08-06 13:55:46        6 MB [framstag@fex] mp3

framstag@flupp:/tmp: fexstore 3
20170806_212024 15 MB "[framstag@tandem] Bicycle_Repairman.avi"
pull? [Yn]
fexpull: _:_:20170806_212024 "[framstag@tandem] Bicycle_Repairman.avi"
Bicycle_Repairman.avi

framstag@flupp:/tmp: fexstore -u
https://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/fop/1a1h792x/__20170801_182115.tgz "[framstag@moep] phoon.png xplanet.png"
https://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/fop/ngfr65eh/__20170802_124295.tgz "[framstag@moep] Downloads"
https://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/fop/m88jh6x5/__20170806_212024.tgz "[framstag@tandem] Bicycle_Repairman.avi"
https://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/fop/mhgb6767/__20170822_134610.gz  "[framstag@fex] <STDINOUT>"
https://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/fop/mnhg6rex/__20170807_084838.tgz "[tux@xerus] <STDINOUT>"
https://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/fop/lo9dcw3n/__20170816_105843.gz  "[root@obertux] <STDINOUT>"
https://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/fop/mjgb654x/__20170818_184358.tgz "[framstag@nfex] mp3"

fexstore (20170825): push/pull data to/from your F*EX default share archive
see also: fexpush, fexpull
 
usage: fexstore [-l] [-u] [-o]
usage: fexstore FILE(s)
usage: fexstore [NUMBER]
usage: fexstore -d NUMBER(s)
usage: fexstore -d 'REGEXP'
usage: fexstore -D [DAYS]
usage: ... | fexstore
usage: fexstore [NUMBER] | ...
options: 
  -l  list available archives
  -u  show download URLs
  -d  delete archive(s)
  -D  delete all archives older than DAYS
  -o  delete all archives but one (keep latest)
arguments: 
  NUMBER      select archive with NUMBER
  REGEXP      select archive with REGular EXPression uploader or arguments
  FILE        push FILE(s)
examples:
  fexstore *png    # push *png files
  lshw | fexstore  # push hardware list
  fexstore -l      # list archives
  fexstore         # pull last archive
  fexstore 3       # pull archive number 3
  fexstore -d test # delete all "test" archives
  fexstore -D 2    # delete all archives older than 2 days