diff --git a/appvm/qfile-agent.c b/appvm/qfile-agent.c
index 530bbb2..4b37738 100644
--- a/appvm/qfile-agent.c
+++ b/appvm/qfile-agent.c
@@ -20,24 +20,33 @@ enum {
 };
 
 unsigned long crc32_sum;
-int write_all_with_crc(int fd, void *buf, int size) {
+int write_all_with_crc(int fd, void *buf, int size)
+{
 	crc32_sum = Crc32_ComputeBuf(crc32_sum, buf, size);
 	return write_all(fd, buf, size);
 }
 
-
-char *client_flags;
 void do_notify_progress(long long total, int flag)
 {
-	FILE *progress;
-	if (!client_flags[0])
+	char *du_size_env = getenv("FILECOPY_TOTAL_SIZE");
+	char *progress_type_env = getenv("PROGRESS_TYPE");
+	char *saved_stdout_env = getenv("SAVED_FD_1");
+	if (!progress_type_env)
 		return;
-	progress = fopen(client_flags, "w");
-	if (!progress)
-		return;
-	fprintf(progress, "%d %lld %s", getpid(), total,
-		flag == PROGRESS_FLAG_DONE ? "DONE" : "BUSY");
-	fclose(progress);
+	if (!strcmp(progress_type_env, "console") && du_size_env) {
+		char msg[256];
+		snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "sent %lld/%lld KB\r",
+			 total / 1024, strtoull(du_size_env, NULL, 0));
+		write(2, msg, strlen(msg));
+		if (flag == PROGRESS_FLAG_DONE)
+			write(2, "\n", 1);
+	}
+	if (!strcmp(progress_type_env, "gui") && saved_stdout_env) {
+		char msg[256];
+		snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "%lld\n", total);
+		write(strtoul(saved_stdout_env, NULL, 0), msg,
+		      strlen(msg));
+	}
 }
 
 void notify_progress(int size, int flag)
@@ -136,25 +145,6 @@ int do_fs_walk(char *file)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void send_vmname(char *vmname)
-{
-	char buf[FILECOPY_VMNAME_SIZE];
-	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
-	strncat(buf, vmname, sizeof(buf) - 1);
-	if (!write_all(1, buf, sizeof buf))
-		exit(1);
-}
-
-char *get_item(char *data, char **current, int size)
-{
-	char *ret;
-	if ((unsigned long) *current >= (unsigned long) data + size)
-		return NULL;
-	ret = *current;
-	*current += strlen(ret) + 1;
-	return ret;
-}
-
 void notify_end_and_wait_for_result()
 {
 	struct result_header hdr;
@@ -168,26 +158,40 @@ void notify_end_and_wait_for_result()
 
 	/* wait for result */
 	if (!read_all(0, &hdr, sizeof(hdr))) {
-		exit(1); // hopefully remote has produced error message
+		exit(1);	// hopefully remote has produced error message
 	}
 	if (hdr.error_code != 0) {
-		gui_fatal("Error writing files: %s", strerror(hdr.error_code));
+		gui_fatal("Error writing files: %s",
+			  strerror(hdr.error_code));
 	}
 	if (hdr.crc32 != crc32_sum) {
 		gui_fatal("File transfer failed: checksum mismatch");
 	}
 }
 
-void parse_entry(char *data, int datasize)
+char *get_abs_path(char *cwd, char *pathname)
 {
-	char *current = data;
-	char *vmname, *entry, *sep;
-	vmname = get_item(data, &current, datasize);
-	client_flags = get_item(data, &current, datasize);
+	char *ret;
+	if (pathname[0] == '/')
+		return strdup(pathname);
+	asprintf(&ret, "%s/%s", cwd, pathname);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int i;
+	char *entry;
+	char *cwd;
+	char *sep;
+
+	signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 	notify_progress(0, PROGRESS_FLAG_INIT);
-	send_vmname(vmname);
 	crc32_sum = 0;
-	while ((entry = get_item(data, &current, datasize))) {
+	cwd = getcwd(NULL, 0);
+	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+		entry = get_abs_path(cwd, argv[i]);
+
 		do {
 			sep = rindex(entry, '/');
 			if (!sep)
@@ -200,53 +204,9 @@ void parse_entry(char *data, int datasize)
 		else if (chdir(entry))
 			gui_fatal("chdir to %s", entry);
 		do_fs_walk(sep + 1);
+		free(entry);
 	}
 	notify_end_and_wait_for_result();
 	notify_progress(0, PROGRESS_FLAG_DONE);
-}
-
-void process_spoolentry(char *entry_name)
-{
-	char *abs_spool_entry_name;
-	int entry_fd;
-	struct stat st;
-	char *entry;
-	int entry_size;
-	asprintf(&abs_spool_entry_name, "%s/%s", FILECOPY_SPOOL,
-		 entry_name);
-	entry_fd = open(abs_spool_entry_name, O_RDONLY);
-	unlink(abs_spool_entry_name);
-	if (entry_fd < 0 || fstat(entry_fd, &st))
-		gui_fatal("bad file copy spool entry");
-	entry_size = st.st_size;
-	entry = calloc(1, entry_size + 1);
-	if (!entry)
-		gui_fatal("malloc");
-	if (!read_all(entry_fd, entry, entry_size))
-		gui_fatal("read filecopy entry");
-	close(entry_fd);
-	parse_entry(entry, entry_size);
-}
-
-void scan_spool(char *name)
-{
-	struct dirent *ent;
-	DIR *dir = opendir(name);
-	if (!dir)
-		gui_fatal("opendir %s", name);
-	while ((ent = readdir(dir))) {
-		char *fname = ent->d_name;
-		if (fname[0] != '.') {
-			process_spoolentry(fname);
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	closedir(dir);
-}
-
-int main()
-{
-	signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
-	scan_spool(FILECOPY_SPOOL);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm b/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm
index eaf8c8f..bcf333d 100755
--- a/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm
+++ b/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm
@@ -20,50 +20,24 @@
 #
 #
 
-if [ x"$1" = "x--without-progress" ] ; then
-	DO_PROGRESS=0
-	shift
-else
-	DO_PROGRESS=1
-fi
-
 if [ $# -lt 2 ] ; then
 	echo usage: $0 '[--without-progress] dest_vmname file [file]+'
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+if [ x"$1" = "x--without-progress" ] ; then
+	export PROGRESS_TYPE=none
+	shift
+else
+	export PROGRESS_TYPE=console
+fi
+
+
 VM="$1"
 shift
 
-if [ $DO_PROGRESS = 1 ] ; then
-	SIZE=$(du --apparent-size -c "$@" | tail -1 | cut -f 1)
+if [ $PROGRESS_TYPE = console ] ; then
+	export FILECOPY_TOTAL_SIZE=$(du --apparent-size -c "$@" | tail -1 | cut -f 1)
 fi
 
-export PROGRESS_FILE=$(mktemp)
-/usr/lib/qubes/qvm-trigger-copy-to-vm $VM "$@"
-while ! [ -s $PROGRESS_FILE ] ; do
-	sleep 0.1
-done
-
-while true ; do
-	read agentpid sentsize agentstatus < $PROGRESS_FILE
-	if [ "x"$agentstatus = x ] ; then continue ; fi
-	if ! [ -e /proc/$agentpid ] ; then break ; fi
-	if [ "x"$agentstatus = xDONE ] ; then break ; fi
-	CURRSIZE=$(($sentsize/1024))
-	if [ $DO_PROGRESS = 1 ] ; then 
-		echo -ne "\r sent $CURRSIZE/$SIZE KB                   " 
-	fi
-	sleep 0.4
-done
-
-rm -f $PROGRESS_FILE
-if [ $DO_PROGRESS = 1 ] ; then
-	echo
-fi
-
-if ! [ "x"$agentstatus = xDONE ] ; then 
-	exit 1
-else
-	exit 0
-fi
+exec /usr/lib/qubes/qrexec_client_vm /usr/lib/qubes/qfile-agent $VM qubes.Filecopy "$@"
diff --git a/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm2.gnome b/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm2.gnome
index 8fabd2d..be9dc7e 100755
--- a/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm2.gnome
+++ b/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm2.gnome
@@ -25,19 +25,11 @@ if [ X$VM = X ] ; then exit 0 ; fi
 
 SIZE=$(du --apparent-size -c "$@" | tail -1 | cut -f 1)
 
-export PROGRESS_FILE=$(mktemp)
-/usr/lib/qubes/qvm-trigger-copy-to-vm $VM "$@"
-while ! [ -s $PROGRESS_FILE ] ; do
-	sleep 0.1
-done
-(while true ; do
-	read agentpid sentsize agentstatus < $PROGRESS_FILE
-	if [ "x"$agentstatus = x ] ; then continue ; fi
-	if ! [ -e /proc/$agentpid ] ; then break ; fi
-	if [ "x"$agentstatus = xdone ] ; then break ; fi
+export PROGRESS_TYPE=gui
+
+/usr/lib/qubes/qrexec_client_vm /usr/lib/qubes/qfile-agent \
+	$VM qubes.Filecopy "$@" | 
+(while read sentsize ; do
 	CURRSIZE=$(($sentsize/1024))
 	echo $((100*$CURRSIZE/$SIZE))
-	sleep 0.1
 done) | zenity --progress --text="Copying files to domain: $VM..." --auto-close
-
-rm -f $PROGRESS_FILE
diff --git a/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm2.kde b/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm2.kde
index 7600bb5..478df92 100755
--- a/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm2.kde
+++ b/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm2.kde
@@ -27,23 +27,16 @@ SIZE=$(du --apparent-size -c "$@" | tail -1 | cut -f 1)
 REF=$(kdialog --progressbar "Copy progress")
 qdbus $REF org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set "" maximum $SIZE
 
-export PROGRESS_FILE=$(mktemp)
-/usr/lib/qubes/qvm-trigger-copy-to-vm $VM "$@"
-while ! [ -s $PROGRESS_FILE ] ; do
-	sleep 0.1
-done
-while true ; do
-	read agentpid sentsize agentstatus < $PROGRESS_FILE
-	if [ "x"$agentstatus = x ] ; then continue ; fi
-	if ! [ -e /proc/$agentpid ] ; then break ; fi
-	if [ "x"$agentstatus = xdone ] ; then break ; fi
+export PROGRESS_TYPE=gui
+
+/usr/lib/qubes/qrexec_client_vm /usr/lib/qubes/qfile-agent \
+	$VM qubes.Filecopy "$@" | 
+(while read sentsize ; do
 	CURRSIZE=$(($sentsize/1024))
 	qdbus $REF  org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set "" value $CURRSIZE
-	sleep 0.4
-done
+done)
 
 qdbus $REF close
-rm -f $PROGRESS_FILE
 # we do not want a dozen error messages, do we
 # if ! [ "x"$agentstatus = xDONE ] ; then 
 # 	kdialog --sorry 'Abnormal file copy termination; see /var/log/qubes/qrexec.xid.log in dom0 for more details'
diff --git a/appvm/qvm-trigger-copy-to-vm b/appvm/qvm-trigger-copy-to-vm
deleted file mode 100755
index 56dcdef..0000000
--- a/appvm/qvm-trigger-copy-to-vm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# The Qubes OS Project, http://www.qubes-os.org
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2010  Rafal Wojtczuk  <rafal@invisiblethingslab.com>
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
-# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
-# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
-#
-#
-
-if [ $# -lt 2 ] ; then
-	echo usage: $0 'vmname file [file]*'
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-FILECOPY_SPOOL=/home/user/.filecopyspool
-if ! [ -e $FILECOPY_SPOOL ] ; then
-	mkdir $FILECOPY_SPOOL
-fi
-
-REQ_FILE_TMP=$FILECOPY_SPOOL/.req.$$
-echo -ne "$1""\x00" > $REQ_FILE_TMP
-echo -ne "$PROGRESS_FILE""\x00" >> $REQ_FILE_TMP
-
-shift
-for FILE in "$@" ; do
-	if ! [ "X""${FILE:0:1}" = X/ ] ; then
-        	FILE="$PWD"/"$FILE"
-	fi
-	echo -ne "$FILE""\x00" >> $REQ_FILE_TMP
-done
-
-mv $REQ_FILE_TMP $FILECOPY_SPOOL/req.$$
-echo -n FCPR > /var/run/qubes/qrexec_agent 
diff --git a/rpm_spec/core-appvm.spec b/rpm_spec/core-appvm.spec
index dfc7e06..7786259 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/core-appvm.spec
+++ b/rpm_spec/core-appvm.spec
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ cp qvm-copy-to-vm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
 cp qvm-copy-to-vm2.kde $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
 cp qvm-copy-to-vm2.gnome $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
-cp qvm-trigger-copy-to-vm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
 cp ../qrexec/qrexec_agent $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
 cp ../qrexec/qrexec_client_vm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
 cp ../qrexec/qubes_rpc_multiplexer $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
@@ -89,6 +88,7 @@ mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{kde_service_dir}
 cp qvm-copy.desktop qvm-dvm.desktop $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{kde_service_dir}
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/mnt/removable
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/qubes_rpc
+cp qubes.Filecopy $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/qubes_rpc
 
 
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/X11
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /usr/lib/qubes/dvm_file_editor
 %{kde_service_dir}/qvm-copy.desktop
 %{kde_service_dir}/qvm-dvm.desktop
-/usr/lib/qubes/qvm-trigger-copy-to-vm
 /usr/lib/qubes/qrexec_agent
 /usr/lib/qubes/qrexec_client_vm
 /usr/lib/qubes/qubes_rpc_multiplexer
@@ -153,6 +152,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /usr/lib/qubes/qfile-unpacker
 %dir /mnt/removable
 %dir /etc/qubes_rpc
+/etc/qubes_rpc/qubes.Filecopy
 /usr/bin/qubes_timestamp
 %dir /home_volatile
 %attr(700,user,user) /home_volatile/user