first version of chunker long description

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Enrique Erne <enrique.erne@gmail.com>
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tcme 2017-10-27 12:21:55 +02:00 committed by Enrique Erne
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@ -71,6 +71,30 @@ its filename. For example:
You can now refer to the added file in a gateway, like so:
/ipfs/QmaG4FuMqEBnQNn3C8XJ5bpW8kLs7zq2ZXgHptJHbKDDVx/example.jpg
The chunker option, '-s', defines the chunking strategy for how
ipfs puts larger files into blocks. Blocks with same content can
be deduplicated. The default is a fixed block size of
256 * 1024 bytes, 'size-262144'. A variable block size can be
specified by using the rabin chunker, rabin-[min]-[avg]-[max].
Using different chunking strategies will produce different hashes
for the same file.
> ipfs add --chunker=size-1024 ipfs-logo.svg
added QmZ9KNxxeeLCPrdceBjvVcmSyLbUWMF4ceKDP8yboLNoHT ipfs-logo.svg
> ipfs add --chunker=rabin-128-256-2048 ipfs-logo.svg
added QmQN64Mbj1WK8wAej5MoFkHkD3aTtSGzGnAFXomdVHNNhs ipfs-logo.svg
You can now check what blocks have been created by:
> ipfs object links QmQN64Mbj1WK8wAej5MoFkHkD3aTtSGzGnAFXomdVHNNhs
Qmb3Wzsmy9RXkyQhERdPd93mBP2jTRUjgVBwx5yWJR5b6k 223
Qmc7ikMLM1SS88YxxogRtjAyuLLfR85ZDKjfy7ahZYD38h 141
QmeUiJHEXZnEwjpCfUUSkDuXFk2nuT6gALCeUXtZkRvcbj 858
QmWwiQMNhpjq9kFUiuFbSQoqrQNTVjwo1wgbbx8wPr9PjB 1040
QmNPg3SUphwfoJwveDyMRjDDaoitTCE7g9UUqYod8gPwz5 431
QmPzBVWJtMPdeaoJK55rua7LgbEsjHseMHsUSUrPJ3AncS 278
QmQB28iwSriSUSMqG2nXDTLtdPHgWb4rebBrU7Q1j4vxPv 338
`,
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