Sending files in Gnome via bluetooth

Gnome's bluetooth support is still a "work in progress"! To send files via bluetooth, you may or may not have a menu option. If not, heres a quick script to drop in your nautilus-scripts folder.

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#!/bin/sh

TMPFILE=`/bin/mktemp`

hcitool scan | grep -v Scanning > ${TMPFILE}
if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
 zenity --error --text="Couldn't scan for devices"
 rm ${TMPFILE}
 exit
fi

zenity --list --text="Choose a recipient" --column Address --column Name `cat ${TMPFILE}` > ${TMPFILE}

DEST=`cat ${TMPFILE}`

if [ -z ${DEST} ]; then
 zenity --error --text="No recipient selected"
 rm ${TMPFILE}
 exit
fi

for i in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS; do
 gnome-obex-send -d `cat ${TMPFILE}` "$i"
done

rm ${TMPFILE}

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• Make this directory, if it doesn't exist:
  mkdir -p ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts
• Save the text above into a file "~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/send-via-bluetooth"
• make it executable:
  chmod u+x ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/send-via-bluetooth
• Now right-click on any file (or group of files) in nautilus, and you should see a scripts> option. Under scripts, select "send-via-bluetooth"

Notes:

• You will need hcitool (part of bluez-utils)
• You need zenity (a gnome package)
• When sending lots of files, the "Sending" dialog keeps popping up under your mouse. Not ideal!

Feel free to email me if you have any questions or improvements.