btobex

Sends files to remote OBEX capable devices (computers, mobile phones, etc).

  usage:

    btobex {-bBluetoothAddress | -nFriendlyName} [-cChannel] [-pPIN [-e]] 
           [-rRetries] [-fFileName] [file1 [file2 [...]]] 

      -b  Bluetooth address of target device in (XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX) format.  
      -n  Friendly name of target device.
      -c  RFCOMM channel (1-30). If specified, service lookup is not performed. 
      -p  PIN code for authenticating with remote device.
      -e  Use encrypted connection (only if PIN authentication is used)
      -r  Make specified number of attempts is case of error
      -f  Use this file name for the data from STDIN (standard input)      
      -h  Prints help screen.

  samples:

    1. Send file "picture.jpg" from the current folder to the device named "Nokia 6300" :

	    btobex -n"Nokia 6300" picture.jpg

    2. Send all text files from the current folder to the device with known address : 

            btobex -b(11:11:22:22:33:33) *.txt
            
    3. Send output of other program as a file named "message.txt" :

            echo This is a test | btobex -b(11:11:22:22:33:33) -f"message.txt"
            

btobex maintains the ERRORLEVEL environment variable. Zero means successful execution, any other value - error. Detailed error description is printed to the standard error output.

Download and install

btobex is a part of Bluetooth command line tools suite.

Download setup package from the Bluetooth command line tools home page

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