From 20d711b08d9fcca68283815b4278485079ef188c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: guyzmo <> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 18:43:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [Imported from Trac: page Tutorial, version 2] --- Tutorial.md | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Tutorial.md b/Tutorial.md index 369834d..ded8843 100644 --- a/Tutorial.md +++ b/Tutorial.md @@ -167,9 +167,21 @@ Is that all ? Well, no, it's time to learn how to use it. # File capabilities ? -Now it's time for a bit of litterature. +Now it's time for a bit of litterature. File capabilities are unique "keys" +associated with the files. It's used internally by Tahoe-LAFS to identify +every file, and used as an URL to locate the file. -TODO +For immutable files, capabilities are like hash table keys, they match +a unique file. A single bit difference between two files will give two +different capabilities. + +For mutable files, there are read-only and read-write capabilities. +A read-only capability will point to a version of a file. A read-write +capability represant the ability to read the file, the ability to write +a new version of a file. + +for more informations, look at Capabilities section of : + # Access your shares