c-ipfs/README.md

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C-IPFS

IPFS implementation in C, (not just an API client library).

Quick start for users:

  • ipfs init to create an ipfs repository on your machine
  • ipfs add MyFile.txt to add a file to the repository, will return with a hash that can be used to retrieve the file.
  • ipfs cat hash to retrieve a file from the repository

For techies (ipfs spec docs):

Prerequisites: To compile the C version you will need, all included as submodules:

And of course this project at https://github.com/Agorise/c-ipfs

How to compile the C version:

git submodule update --init --recursive
make all