I was thinking about coding something like this before I found something that was pretty much working already here: Original project
All I did was modify it a bit, changed the default settings for remote browsing, fixed binary file transfers and added a start option.
To use it first install tree, socat:
sudo apt-get install tree
sudo apt-get install socat
Then download the latest copy of bashttpd from here:
https://github.com/AdamDanischewski/bashttpd
Just drop it on a host machine (that has bash) and start it up like this:
$192.168.1.101> bashttpd -s
On the remote machine you should be able to browse and download files from the host server via any web browser by visiting:
http://192.168.1.101:8080
Fun!! =)
