diff --git a/Documentation/TransferringFiles.md b/Documentation/TransferringFiles.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..99a755f9ea --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/TransferringFiles.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +# Transferring files from QEMU to your host machine + +## Method 1: WebServer +Serenity has a built-in web server which extends to your host machine. + +Open a new terminal and use the following command to start a WebServer instance for the current working directory: + +```console +ws . +``` + +Then we just open `localhost:8000` on our host machine :^) + +![](WebServer_localhost.png) + +**NOTE:** Due to the fact that same browsers download unrecognized files as plain text, you may want to use something like `wget` to download the file **as is** instead. Otherwise the file may appear corrupted when the system tries to load it. + +## Method 2: Mount disk_image + +Another way is to mount Serenity's disk_image to your host machine by using the following command on *nix systems: + +```console +cd "Build/${SERENITY_ARCH}" +mkdir mnt +sudo mount -t ext2 _disk_image mnt +``` diff --git a/Documentation/WebServer_localhost.png b/Documentation/WebServer_localhost.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a7541da00f Binary files /dev/null and b/Documentation/WebServer_localhost.png differ