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Tutorial: Files on IPFS

These Lessons are tested with go-ipfs versions: 0.5.0, 0.9.0
Please update this file on github to reflect any other versions that have been tested.
Prerequisites
You should have some familiarity with the command line.
You should have ipfs installed - the previous tutorial has instructions for that
Learning Objectives
These Lessons will teach you how to
Add files to your local IPFS node
Read files out of your local IPFS node
List the files in your IPFS node
Tell IPFS to hold onto files by pinning them
Key Concepts
Distinction between IPFS and your regular Filesystem
Identifying files by their Hashes
IPFS Garbage Collection
Pinning files on an IPFS Node
Lessons
1.​Lesson: Add Content to IPFS and Retrieve It​
2.​Lesson: Wrap Filenames and Directory Info around Content in IPFS​
3.​Lesson: Pinning - Tell IPFS to Keep a File​
Next Steps
Once you know how to add files to IPFS and retrieve them, you will be ready to share those files on the P2P network following the Tutorial: Going Online - Joining the Distributed Web​
If you're wondering how to update those files after you've shared them, see the Tutorial: Publishing Changes on the Permanent Web​
If you want to see how to access those files from the conventional HTTP web, go to the Tutorial: Interacting with the Classical (HTTP) Web​
If you want to know more about how IPFS stores this content internally using Merkle DAGs, go to the Tutorial: Merkle Trees and the IPFS DAG​

Lesson: Initialize your IPFS Repository

Lesson: Add Content to IPFS and Retrieve It

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