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improves description about the rabin chunker

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Enrique Erne <enrique.erne@gmail.com>
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Enrique Erne
2017-10-28 09:34:30 +02:00
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@ -75,10 +75,11 @@ You can now refer to the added file in a gateway, like so:
The chunker option, '-s', defines the chunking strategy for how The chunker option, '-s', defines the chunking strategy for how
ipfs puts larger files into blocks. Blocks with same content can ipfs puts larger files into blocks. Blocks with same content can
be deduplicated. The default is a fixed block size of be deduplicated. The default is a fixed block size of
256 * 1024 bytes, 'size-262144'. A variable block size can be 256 * 1024 bytes, 'size-262144'. Alternatively, you can use the
specified by using the rabin chunker, rabin-[min]-[avg]-[max]. rabin chunker for content defined chunking by specifying
Using different chunking strategies will produce different hashes rabin-[min]-[avg]-[max] (where min/avg/max refer to the resulting
for the same file. chunk sizes). Using other chunking strategies will produce
different hashes for the same file.
> ipfs add --chunker=size-1024 ipfs-logo.svg > ipfs add --chunker=size-1024 ipfs-logo.svg
added QmZ9KNxxeeLCPrdceBjvVcmSyLbUWMF4ceKDP8yboLNoHT ipfs-logo.svg added QmZ9KNxxeeLCPrdceBjvVcmSyLbUWMF4ceKDP8yboLNoHT ipfs-logo.svg